Family:Whitney, Bruce Thomas (1955-?)

Bruce Thomas¹³ Whitney (Thomas Lafayette¹², Clyde Perry¹¹, Lafayette Le/Frazier¹⁰, Horace Burnham⁹, Horace Burnham⁸, Luther⁷, Nathaniel⁶, Samuel⁵, Nathaniel⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Thomas Lafayette¹² and Victoria Mathilda (Mattson) Whitney, was born 17 Oct 1955, Superior, WI.

He married firstly, 18 Aug 1979, Superior, WI, Suzanne Marie Roles. She was born 16 Jun 1958, Shakopee, MN, and died 11 Mar 2011, Winter Haven, FL. They were divorced 2004.

He married secondly, 23 Sept 2006, Winter Haven, FL, Cecelia Eugenie (Heyd) Sloat, daughter of Clinton Charles and Elva May (Duerr) Heyd. She was born 14 May 1951, Reed City, MI. She had married firstly, 3, Sept. 1972, Baldwin, MI to Peter Sloat. They divorced 1997, Rudyard, MI

Bruce was ordained a Presbyterian Church USA pastor, 6 Jan 1982, and served the 1st Presbyterian Church USA congregations of Dafter and Rudyard, MI, from 1982 through 1998 and served from 1999 to Aug 2003 1st Presbyterian Church USA of Auburndale, FL. He resigned from the Presbyterian Denomination in 2004.

Children of Bruce Thomas¹³ and Suzanne (Roles) Whitney:

i.	Sarah Beth14 Whitney, b. 10 Sep 1981, Louisville, KY; bapt. Easter Sunday, 11 Apr 1982.
ii.	Luke Clyde Whitney, b. 27 Sep 1983, Petoskey, MI; bapt. 25 Dec 1983.
iii.	Mark Roles Whitney, b. 13 Apr 1987, Petoskey, MI; bapt. Pentecost Sunday, 7 Jun 1987.

Children of Cecelia E. (Heyd) and Peter Sloat:

i.	Katherine May Sloat, b. 1 Oct 1978, Escanaba, MI; m. 26 Jun 2010, Las Vegas, NV, Adam Herberger, b. 4 Sep 1978, Freehold, NJ.
ii.	Megan Sarah Sloat, b. 7 Dec 1980, Escanaba, MI.
iii.	Libby Ruth Sloat, b. 1 Jun 1987, Petoskey, MI.
iv.	Kelsey Elizabeth Sloat, b. 15 Mar 1990, Petoskey, MI. Son: Myles Jeffrey Rand, b. 14 Jan 2010, Ludington, MI (father, Cameron Rand).

References

Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates

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