OBIT: M. LaVerne (Shaffer) TRANQUILLA FRIEDLINE, 2005, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Barry and Betty Christy. jhurl@meyersdalelibrary.org Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ----------------------------------------------- Friedline, M. LaVerne Tranquilla 12/13/05 Daily American Monday, December 12, 2005 M. LaVerne Tranquilla-Friedline, 91, Somerset, died Dec. 11, 2005, at The Patriot, Somerset. Born July 21, 1914, in Stoystown, daughter of Webster Owen and Hazel Fern (Shank) Shaffer. Preceded in death by parents; first husband, Edward Ned Tranquilla; second husband, James Jay Friedline; and sister, Betty M. Brallier. Survived by children, Dr. Ronald Tranquilla, married to the former Penny Seaton, Grass Valley, Calif.; David Tranquilla, married to the former Barbara Cerra, Miami; stepdaughter, Mrs. William (Pamela ÒNanÓ) Heer, Joeltown, Tenn.; grandchildren, Ryan E. Tranquilla and wife, Lori, Los Angeles; Mrs. Michael (Lisa) Taverrite, Temecula, Calif.; Mrs. John (Marcia) Kirby, Fort Mill, S.C.; great-grandchildren, Felicia, Emilie and Dominic Taverrite; Mae Tranquilla; and Luke Kirby. Member of Trinity Lutheran Church. A 1931 graduate of Stoystown High School and 1935 graduate of Conemaugh Valley Memorial School of Nursing. She had worked as a registered nurse at Somerset and Latrobe hospitals. Also a member of Somerset Garden Club. Somerset Welfare League and she was a past volunteer at Somerset Hospital. Friends received 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset. Service will be conducted 11 a.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Somerset. The Rev. Linda J. McElroy officiating. Interment Unity Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Somerset ÒIn TouchÓ Hospice, 1590 N. Center Ave., Somerset, PA 15501, or Trinity Lutheran Church, 918 Tayman Ave., Somerset, PA 15501.