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- Cheryl June Sliker was born on June 6, 1944 to Robert and Cecelia (June) Sliker. Her father was in the US Army in Italy and thus began a long relationship with the military. When her father decided to make the Army a career, Cheryl had experiences throughout the United States and Europe with her family. She spent two years in West Berlin and later graduated from the American High School in Verdun, France. After graduation from the University Of Washington School Of Nursing she became an officer in the US Navy and served in hospitals in Pensacola, FL and in Guam, Marianas Islands. After leaving active duty, she met and married in 1972, Minnewaukan, ND, native Kenneth Sinness, a naval officer stationed at Treasure Island in San Francisco. This was a continuation of military service that brought her to Rhode Island, Yokosuka in Japan, Monterey in California, back to Guam and finally to her husband's retirement in Virginia. Her son, Christopher was born in Japan and her daughter, Kirsten was born on Guam. After retirement, she and her family resided in Bothell and North Bend, WA for another 20 years before retiring in Hamilton, MT in 1999. While in Washington she worked in real estate for a time and later found that she enjoyed working in customer service with a major cruise line in Seattle, WA. She then had the opportunity for more travel and extensively explored Alaska as well as cruises on the West Coast. Other cruises included travel to Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, the Grand Caymans and locations throughout the Central America region. The highlight was a cruise between Turkey and Greece which allowed visits to Bucharest, Romania as well as Istanbul and Athens.
After retirement to the Bitterroot Valley in Montana, she became active in the Marcus Daly Auxiliary and volunteered as a pink lady for a number of years.
Survivors include her husband of Hamilton; a son, Christopher (Jessica) Sinness of Helena, Mt; a daughter, Kirsten of Seattle, WA; a granddaughter; her stepmother Betty of Ocean Shores, WA and several step-brothers and sisters.
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