OBIT: Pauline Marie (SNEARLY) LAVAN, 2001, formerly of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Martha Matsuda. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ LAVAN Pauline Marie Lavan, 81, Lebo, Kansas, formerly of Somerset, died Oct. 20, 2001, at Newman Hospital, Emporia, Kansas. Born Feb. 11, 1920 in Somerset, daughter of John and Anna Marie (Singo) Snearly. Preceded in death by parents, husband, Frank F. Lavan, who died Aug. 23, 1993, son Frank F. Lavan Jr., and sister, Elzora Weaver. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Larry P. (Jennie) Hoffman, Lebo, Kansas; grandchildren: Mrs. Brian (Kim) Thompson, Wichita, Kansas, Keith Hoffman of Lebo, Kansas; and great-grandchildren, Jaden Danielle Silva, Derek Scott Thompson, Kylyn Nikol Thompson and Alexis Marie Tabares. Member of Lebo Baptist Church. A 1937 graduate of Boswell High School. Attended Eastern Nazarene College, Boston, Mass. Retired from Pa. Unemployment office in 1973 after 22 1/2 years of service. Friends received from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, where service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday. Rev. James Vandevort officiating. Interment, Lavansville Lutheran Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Lebo Baptist Church, Lebo, Kansas 66856 or the Lebo Firefighters Equipment Fund, Lebo, Kansas. Daily American, October 22, 2001 [L0391]