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Friday, August 23, 2002     Page: 4A

Lillian Raspen
   
August 22, 2002
    illian R. Raspen, 84, of Sweet Valley died Thursday at Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital.
   
Born on Jan. 7, 1918, in Clarks Summit, she was a daughter of the late Earl
and Jennie (Slusser) White. She lived in Sweet Valley for most of her life.
She was a member of the Victory Baptist Bible Church, Lehman Township.
   
She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Sr.; son, Hayden;
grandsons, Mark and Jeremy; brother, Walter; and sisters, Edith, and Evelyn.
   
Surviving are her sons, Albert Jr., and Thomas W., both of Sweet Valley;
daughter, Evelyn Taylor, Sweet Valley; 11 grandchildren; nine
great-grandchildren; and sisters, Charlotte Puterbaugh, Williamsport, and
Celina Ball and Elsie Clark, both of Tunkhannock.
   
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday from the Curtis L. Swanson
Funeral Home Inc., corner of routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek, with the Rev.
Dennis M. Gray, pastor of the Victory Baptist Bible Church, officiating.
Interment will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Pikes Creek.
   
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
   
Memorial contributions may be sent to the Victory Baptist Bible Church,
P.O. Box 58, Lehman Township, 18627.