{"id":4667,"date":"2020-11-30T17:09:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T17:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=4667"},"modified":"2020-12-01T17:17:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T17:17:53","slug":"charles-slaght","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=4667","title":{"rendered":"Charles B. Slaght"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Charles B. Slaght \u2013 90 \u2013 formerly of Hornell, died Sunday afternoon (November 29, 2020) at the Hill Haven Nursing Home in Penfield, NY, following a long illness.<\/p>\n

Born in Hornell on November 15, 1930, he was the son of Charles & Ida (Lounsberry) Slaght.<\/p>\n

Charles grew up in Hornell and was a graduate of Hornell High School (class of 1949).\u00a0 Following high school graduation, he was employed for about a year as a clerk at the Erie Railroad Accounting Bureau.<\/p>\n

He was a four year Veteran of the US Air Force, serving his country during the Korean Conflict having been stationed in Japan.<\/p>\n

For most of his adult life, Charles lived in the Rochester area.\u00a0 For several years he served as an orderly at Genesee Hospital and for many years had been employed as a \u201cPurchasing Agent\u201d or \u201cBuyer\u201d for the former Sibley\u2019s Department Store Book Department in Rochester.<\/p>\n

Throughout the years, Charles enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and abroad.\u00a0 While traveling, he purchased countless antiques which he proudly collected and displayed at his home. \u00a0He also loved working and tending his beautiful flower garden and vegetable garden.<\/p>\n

In addition to his parents, Charles was preceded in death by his longtime friend, Rosaire \u201cFrenchy\u201d Morneault; his brothers, Dewey Slaght and Robert Slaght; his sister, Evalena Mae Slaght.<\/p>\n

Surviving are his brother, Thomas (Sandy) Slaght of Elmira; several nieces & nephews.\u00a0 Charles will also be sadly missed by his dear friend & caregiver, Tonia Puccio of Webster, NY.<\/p>\n

At Charle\u2019s request there will be no calling hours.\u00a0 Private services will be held at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY <\/strong>at the convenience of the family with Deacon Robert McCormick officiating.\u00a0 Burial will be in Hope Cemetery, Hornell, NY.<\/p>\n

The Funeral Service for Charles B. Slaght\u00a0 will be streamed via Facebook Live and can be viewed on the Dagon Funeral Home Facebook\u00a0 page on Thursday at 1:00 PM by visiting <\/em><\/strong>www.facebook.com\/dagonfuneralhome<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 The video will remain available for viewing on our Facebook page for 30 days.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charles\u2019 family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name be made to the charity of the donor\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charles B. Slaght \u2013 90 \u2013 formerly of Hornell, died Sunday afternoon (November 29, 2020) at the Hill Haven Nursing Home in Penfield, NY, following a long illness. Born in Hornell on November 15, 1930, he was the son of Charles & Ida (Lounsberry) Slaght. Charles grew up in Hornell and was a graduate of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4667"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4672,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4667\/revisions\/4672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}