A Life Remembered . . . |
| LaVone
H. Payne November 26, 1916 -
July 23, 2004
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LaVone H.
Payne, 87 of Butler, formerly of Slippery Rock, died Friday, July 23,
2004 at 9:45 a.m. in Butler Memorial Hospital.
Born November 26, 1916 in West Sunbury, Pennsylvania, she was the
daughter of Jay M. Hilliard and Helen Scott.
Mrs. Payne was a member of Faith United Presbyterian Church. She was a
graduate of Slippery Rock High School and Slippery Rock State
Teacher's College. She then earned a master's degree in education at
the University of Pittsburgh. She was schoolteacher for Mars, Mount
Lebanon and Butler Area Schools.
Mrs. Payne was a former member of the Jr. Women's Club and
Intermediate League. She was a member of the St. Jude Golf Club for
many years and she was a member of the local Butler County Branch of
Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees and National Education
Association and the Association of Adult Retired Persons.
Surviving are her niece, Mrs. LaVone Elverson and her nephew, Mr.
Jeffrey Croll both of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, and three great
nephews and their families. Preceding her in death were her husband
Robert B. Payne who was deceased July 28, 1998 and one sister, Vevia
Croll Flack.
Friends will be received at the Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc.,
124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania, Sunday July 25, 2004 from
2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
Services will be held at the Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc.,
following visitation Sunday July 25, 2004 at 4:00 p.m. with Reverend
James Campbell, her church pastor, officiating. Entombment will be in
Chapel of Devotion Mausoleum of Butler County Memorial Park.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Butler Public Library, 218 North
McKean Street, Butler, Pennsylvania 16001. |
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