LaVerne Lowe, served in Civilian Conservation Corps SHINGLEHOUSE, Pa. - LaVerne A. Lowe Sr., 79, of Mill Street died Wednesday (Sept. 21, 1994) in Charles Cole Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was born Sept. 18, 1915, in Portville, a son of Jesse T. and Clara Kester Lowe. On July 18, 1938, in Millport, Pa., he married Vera I. Lawton, who survives. Mr. Lowe was the owner and operator of a sawmill in Millport and later worked in oil fields in this area as well as in Ohio. He was also a logger, a mechanic and a pinsetter for the former Alpa Lanes in Shinglehouse. He had also been employed by the Shinglehouse Borough. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps, and he enjoyed playing musical instruments. Surviving in addition to his wife are six daughters, Ms. LaVerna E. Krisher of Olean, Mrs. Vernon (Lois) Prentice of Bolivar, Clara B. Lowe of New Philadelphia, Ohio, Mrs. Rosalie E. Siller of Mentor, Ohio, Mrs. Dale (Frances) A. Stonemetz of Shinglehouse, and Ms. Ramona J. Lowe of Tulsa, Okla.; two sons, LaVerne A Lowe Jr. of Bolivar and Harold A. Lowe of Mentor; 26 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, Stewart Lowe, and two sisters, Frances Baker and Beatrice Doering. There will be no visitation. A memorial service will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday (Sept. 23, 1994) at the Lowe residence on Mill Street with the Rev. Roger Hain, pastor of Grace Bible Church, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of the Virgil L. Howard Funeral Home, Shinglehouse.