MIDWAY, UT- <! > LaVern Sloan Lawton, age 85, passed away Monday, January 21, 2002 after a long and courageous battle with various serious illnesses.
She was a precious mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. She was surrounded by her loved ones throughout her final week before her death.
Born August 15, 1916 in Franklin, Idaho, the daughter of Hugh Sloan and Ethel May Durrant. She was raised and attended school in Ogden, Utah. Married Myron C. Gale in the Logan LDS Temple and made their first home in Ogden. They later moved to Park City, Heber City and finally to Midway. They later divorced.
LaVern maintained her home in Midway while attending nursing school in Provo. She became an L.P.N. in 1960, and practiced her profession as a nurse and as an inhalation therapist in the Heber City and University of Utah Hospitals for the next 16 years. She then married Lloyd Lawton on Feb. 21, 1971. They shared many wonderful trips through the states, and spent many winters in Overton, Nevada. They enjoyed fishing and entertaining at the Senior Center - a very active couple who loved life. LaVern was a member of the Midway Boosters Club, the Utah Highway Patrol Auxiliary, and the Garden Club. She enjoyed many crafts and oil painting.
She is preceded in death by both parents; two brothers, Boyd and Stewart Sloan; two sisters, Thelma Sloan Dinsdale and Wanda Sloan Christiansen; and four infant grandchildren.
Survivors include three daughters, Jane (Freaman) Churchfield of Ivans; Peggy (Joe) Giles of Heber; and Tamara (Paul) Allman of Lehi; son, Michael S. (Cheryl) Gale of Sanders, AZ; 13 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren. Also, many step-grand and great-grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. Until we meet again.
Funeral services will be held Friday, Jan. 25, 2002, 12 Noon at Olpin-Hoopes Funeral Home, 288 N. Main Street, Heber City, Utah. Friends may call on Thurs. from 6-8 p.m. and on Friday from 10:45-11:45 a.m. prior to the services at the funeral. Interment will be in the Midway Cemetery.