Elsie Jouanne

Services for retired nurse Elsie Jouanne, 92, of Florence, who died Feb. 6, were Saturday at Carriage Manor clubhouse in Florence.

She was born April 9, 1929, in Amarillo, Texas, to James and Mary Mae (Creel) Slape and worked as a nurse in Arkansas, California, and Kansas.

She married James Slaughter in 1947. They had two daughters. She later married Stan Jouanne, who preceded her in death.

She is survived by Mary Shipman of Florence; sister Ina Davis of Kingman, Arizona; eight grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren.

Brothers Melvin, Leroy, Dolton, and Orville; and daughter Donna Rae preceded her in death.