Mary L. Slifer, age 81 of Troy, Ohio was born of the late, Michael and Nellie Myers Geisman in Troy, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband, Chester E. Slifer; one infant son and daughter. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Eric and Brenda; daughters and sons-in-law, Claudia and Ed Beeson; Brenda and Pat Patel and Deborah and Darrell Miller; sisters, Joyce Stone and Norma Ritchie; ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Troy Gospel Tabernacle.