Obituaries
February 20, 2019

LaVerne M. Seidling – North Strabane Township, formerly of Rostraver Township

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LaVerne M. Seidling, 87, of North Strabane Township, formerly of Rostraver Township, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. She was born in McKeesport, on July 28, 1931. LaVerne was a former member of the Church of St. Anne in Rostraver. She is survived by her children and grandchildren, as well as her nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her mother, Margaret McNeilis Markwood; husband, Lawrence J. Seidling; and brother, Regis Markwood. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at JAMES C. STUMP FUNERAL HOME INC., 580 Circle Drive, Rostraver Township, 724-929-7934, www.jamesstumpfuneralhome.com, where a blessing service will be held at 9.am. Saturday, followed by a 9:30 a.m. funeral Mass at the Church of St. Anne with the Rev. Vincent J. Gigliotti presiding. Interment will follow in Round Hill Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind or the National Kidney Foundation.

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