Mrs. Lavonne L Paben, 49, of Mitchell died at a Cheyenne hospital Thursday evening, August 7, 1969.
She was born Sept. 27, 1919, in Falls City Nebraska and received her education in Nebraska City.
She married Melvin Paben, May 21, 1941 in Rockport, Mo.. They made their home in Nebraska City until moving to the Mitchell area in 1950 where they have resided since.
She was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Mitchell.
Survivors include her husband, a son, Melvin Duane and a daughter, Carolyn Mae, both at home, five brothers, Kelley Thorne of Nehawka, Nebr., Claude and Wayne, both of Nebraska City, Harley of San Francisco and Sherman of Scottsbluff. Three sisters, Mrs. Gladys Weston of Union, Nebr., Mrs. Doris Pierce of St. Joseph, Mo., and Mrs. Violet Rose of Mitchell.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 9 A.m. in St. Theresa Catholic Church in Mitchell. The rev. Robert Weist officiated and burial was in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Scottsbluff.∼Lavonne Leah THORN

Birth 27 SEP 1919 in Fall City, Richardson Co, Nebraska
Death 7 AUG 1969 in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska

Father's name: Robert R Thorn
Father's Birthplace: Nebraska
Robert Reuben Thorn
1885 – 1959

Mother's name: Blanch Thorn
Mother's Birthplace: Kansas
Blanche Leah FILMER
1886 – 1929

Home in 1920: Ohio, Richardson, Nebraska
Robert R Thorn 34
Blanch Thorn 33
Kelly Thorn 7
Claude Thorn 4
Lavonne Thorn 0 [8/12]

Home in 1940: Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska
Listed as head of household
Laronne Thorne 20
Wayne Thorne 15 (Brother)
Harley Thorne 12 (Brother)

siblings
Kelly Robert Thorn 1912 – 1981
Claude Leland Thorn 1915 – 1993
Lavonne Leah Thorn 1919 – 1969
Wayne Merlin Dick Thorn 1924 – 1993
Harley Vernon Thorn 1927 – 2002

Marriage to Melvin Amos Paben
Children
Melvin "Duane" Paben 1948 – 2015
Carolyn Paben

Source: United States Federal Census