Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries.....Banker, LaVerne S September 21, 2013 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donald Buncie donaldbuncie@hotmail.com March 21, 2026, 12:29 pm Tribune Review on Sep. 22, 2013 LaVerne S. Banker, 95, of Latrobe, passed away Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. She was born May 10, 1918, in Latrobe, a daughter of the late Bernard C. and Bessie (Watson) Smith. LaVerne was a lifelong member of United Presbyterian Church in Latrobe. She also was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 221 and a former member of the Latrobe Art Club and the Laurel Delphian Society. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Olive Hoerr and her husband, Herbert; and two brothers, Albert Smith and Wilbert Smith and his wife, Cora. She is survived by her husband of more than 66 years, William E. Banker; her son, Barry Banker and his wife, Linda, of Youngstown; two granddaughters, Bethany McNiel and her husband, Mark, of Youngstown, and Becki Pellis and her husband, Matthew, of Unity Township; and five great-grandchildren, Cole, Alexis and Kyle McNiel, and Adam and Averi Pellis. Friends will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in the HARTMAN-GRAZIANO FUNERAL HOME INC., 1500 Ligonier St., Latrobe. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel with her pastor, the Rev. Donald W. Graff, officiating. Interment will be in Unity Cemetery, Unity Township. Memorial contributions may be made to Latrobe United Presbyterian Church, Spring and Alexandria streets, Latrobe, PA 15650. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb