Kristina L. Slack, 39, of 9 West Hughes St., Belfast, passed away at Olean General Hospital, surrounded by her family, on September 13, 2020, following a lengthy illness. Born on April 2, 1981 in Cuba, NY, she was the daughter of Craig T. and Jean M. Boyd Bailey. On February 28, 2005, in Belfast, she married Robert Wilson. On July 28, 2012 in Belfast, she married Randall Slack who also survives.
Kristina
grew up in Belfast and attended elementary school at Belfast Central School. At
a later date she received her GED. She was employed as a hospice nurse for
Allegany Co. Home Health Care in Wellsville for several years. She later worked
as a volunteer at Belfast Central School as a teacher’s aide.
Kristina
enjoyed gardening, painting rocks, working with animals, avid watcher of
forensic files on TV, trying new food recipes for the family, crossword puzzles
and doing dishes. Most of all she loved spending time with the family,
especially her Grampa Larry and Grandma Mary and her uncle Bob and Aunt Rowena.
She also helped raise her nephew, Jack.
She was a
member of the Belfast Robert W. Howden, American Legion, post # 1504.
Surviving in
addition to her husband Randall L. Slack are her mother, Jean Mahony and step
father James Mahoney of Belfast; her father Craig Bailey and step mother Kathy Bailey
of Arkansas; two sons, Ayden J.M. (Hannah Covert) Wilson of Warsaw and
Montgomery L. “Monty” Wilson of Warsaw; a grandson, Liam, J.M. Wilson of
Belfast; a brother, Ben (Deanna) Bailey of Pensacola, FL; a sister, Brittany T.
(Andrew) Green of Belfast; two nephews, Logan and Jack Green, and two nieces,
Carly and Evalee Green.
A memorial
service will be held at the Treusdell Funeral Home on Friday, September 18,
2020 at 7 p.m. The Rev. Robert Mackmer, of Belfast, will officiate. Burial will
be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Friendship, NY. at a later date.