OBIT: Peter "Pete" LAPINA, Jr., 2000, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  LAPINA
  
    Peter "Pete" Lapina Jr., 70, Crown Point, Ind., passed away
  Saturday, July 1, 2000, at his home.  He is survived by his wife,
  Janet; eight children, Clint (Judy) Lapina of Littleton, Colo.;
  Jeanette (Stan) Wojcik of Griffith, Ind.; Debi (John) Rice of Crown
  Point; Eddie (Janie) Lapina of St. John, Ind.; David (Melinda) Lapina
  of Lakeland, Fla.; Pete (Beth) Lapina of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Donna
  (Scott) Dyer of Lowell, Ind.; Dan (Sherrie) Lapina of Orlando, Fla.;
  16 grandchildren; one sister, Dorothy Blucas of Fort Collins, Colo. 
  Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, at the First
  Baptist Church, Hammond, Ind., with the Dr. Jack Hyles, Dr. Johnny
  Holsten and Dr. Eddie Lapina officiating.  Burial will be at Memory
  Lane Memorial Park, Schererville, Ind.  Mr. Lapina was born in
  Quecreek, Pa., Nov. 1, 1929, to Peter P. and Josephine Baronia
  Lapina, Sr.  He had been a resident of the Calumet area for 42
  years.  He was employed at Northern Indiana Docks for 20 years as a
  crane operator and was a member of Teamsters Local 412.  He was a
  member of First Baptist Church of Hammond, where he taught Sunday
  school in Junior No. 1 Dept. and was a bus captain for 10 years. 
  Bocken Funeral Home, Hammond, Ind., is in charge of arrangements.
  
  Daily American, July 5, 2000
  
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