Agnes Grace Slingland

Agnes Grace Slingland (nee Hearn), age 93, of West Milford passed away peacefully on September 19, 2024. She was a week shy of her 94th birthday.

Agnes was born on September 27, 1930 in Wayne, NJ, to the late Sidney and Lydia (Van Harken) Hearn. She graduated from Pompton Lakes High School in 1947, raised her family with Edward C. Slingland to whom she was married for 40 years, and retired from the Consumer Loan Department at Valley National Bank as a valued employee at the age of 86.

Family was paramount in her life. Agnes was a devoted and loving mother who was described by her children as reliable, honest and hard-working. She was well-known for her love of giraffes which delighted her grandchildren, and eventually great grandchildren, who would run around her house counting her many giraffe collectables. She enjoyed her daily 1.5-mile walk around High Crest Lake until well into her 80s and in more recent years loved nothing more than enjoying her exquisite view of the sparkling water from her living room sofa.

Agnes is lovingly survived by her daughter Linda (Slingland) Di Donato; son Edward Slingland and his wife Nancy; daughter Cindy (Slingland) Lynch and her husband Chris; granddaughter Lindsay (Di Donato) Van Schepen and her husband David; grandson Mark Di Donato and his wife Marlena; brother Gordon Hearn and his wife Kay; and two great grandchildren.

The family takes great comfort in knowing that Agnes is now reunited with her dear son, Mark Slingland, who she lost to childhood cancer at the age of six. She was also predeceased by her parents, brother Frank Hearn, sister-in-law Sherry Hearn, and son-in-law Joe Di Donato.

There will be a private memorial service at The Morrison Etheridge Funeral Home followed by the burial at Laurel Grove Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 https://www.stjude.org/donate