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DATE: SUNDAY, January 16, 1994                   TAG: 9401170176
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT-LAVINDER, RUBY GARST

LAVINDER, Ruby Garst, 88, of Salem, died Friday, January 14, 1994 at the Lewis-Gale Hospital. She was the wife of S. W. (Pete) Lavinder. She was a retired schoolteacher, having taught in Salem and Roanoke County Public Schools. She was a graduate of the Roanoke College. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and a past president of the Junior Women's Club. She is survived by, other than her husband, one sister, Thelma Garst, Salem; three nieces, Ruby Mae Hollingsworth, Cambridge, Minn., Sarah Eblen, Marion, Va., Joyce Cornette, Marion, Va.; one nephew, Paul Eblen, Lynchburg. Funeral services will be conducted 3 p.m. Monday, January 17, 1994 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church by the Dr. Robert T. Copenhaver. Burial will be in Sherwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home, Salem. The family requests memorials to be made to the St. Paul's Episcopal Church or the Salem Rescue Squad, in lieu of flowers. John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home, Salem, is in charge of arrangements. 


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