Ivan Wayne Slatter

February 8, 2021

Ivan Wayne Slatter, 74, passed away on February 8, 2021 after battling brain cancer (glioblastoma) for a year. He was a native of Lewiston, Idaho, a member of Nansemond River Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ivan was the oldest of seven children. He graduated from Nez Perce High School, Idaho in 1965. He was a sergeant in the Air Force and served from 1965 to 1971. He served as a Load Master on a C-130 in Vietnam. Ivan was married to Linda Thompson, and they had six children, two of which died at birth. They later divorced. He married his second wife, Patricia Emsley Schaeffer and they had four children. Patricia passed away in 1992, and in 1995 Ivan married Rebecca Brown Slatter. They have one daughter. Ivan was a Jack-of-all-trades. He taught himself welding, owned a tree service business for several years, and then went back to work as a welder for BMF, where he also taught welding. Ivan could do what others would say was impossible. His motto was “Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it”. He is survived by his wife, Becky; nine children, Gerrit Slatter, James Schaeffer, Hardy Slatter, Tova Slatter (Bouton), Mark Schaeffer, Max Slatter, Jared Slatter, Katherine Slatter (Gerlach), and Sara Slatter; twenty-two grandchildren, Quinn, Gavin, Ava, Aliana, Ella, Rex, Wyatt, Miley, Graham, Jackson, Dawson, Alyssa, Landon, Lincoln, Sadie, Landon, Levi, Luke, Jayden, Kayleigh, Kashton, Emsley, and Bentley (the dog) 4 sisters and 2 brothers, Bonnie Slatter (Toll), Shirley Slatter (Watson), Wanda Slatter (Diamond), Gene Slatter, Susan Slatter and Lesley Slatter. Ivan is greatly loved and will be missed. ️ In lieu of flowers please donate to glioblastomafoundation.org. A funeral service with Military Honors will be held at his church The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 4759 Bennetts Pasture Rd, Suffolk, VA on Saturday Feb. 20th at 12 noon. Burial will be private at the Albert G. Horton Veteran Cemetery in Suffolk, VA.