Sharon Ann Slater Wade, 39, of Lamartine, Clarion County, died Sunday afternoon at the Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh after a long illness.

Born June 1, 1967, in Charleston, S.C., she was the daughter of Harry Slater Jr. and the late Effie Elaine Hunter Slater, who died in February 1995.

She was a high school graduate and had been employed at McDonald's in Clarion and Slippery Rock.

Mrs. Wade was a Protestant.

Surviving are her husband, Timothy "Red" Wade, whom she married April 24, 1998, in Lamartine; two daughters: Sheryl Slater and her companion, Dan Kroh, of Clarion and Brittany Harshbarger of Lamartine; three sons, Thomas Odom of Butler, Tony Odom of Indiana and Justin Harshbarger of Lamartine; and a grandchild. Also surviving are her father of Lamartine; a sister, Mrs. Karl (Tammy) Kline of Marble, Clarion County; a brother, Wayne Slater and his wife of Lamartine; and her paternal grandfather, Harry Slater Sr. of Shippenville.

<B>WADE </B>— Friends of Sharon Ann Slater Wade, who died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006, will be received from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the <B>H. Jack Buzard Funeral Home</B>, Main Street (Route 38), Eau Claire. Funeral services will follow at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be private at the request of deceased.