Lavern "Vern" Pyles, Jr. (May 17, 1919 – June 20, 2013) was a

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member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Born in

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, he worked as a cable slicer for AT&T and then went to

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where he received his degree in civil engineering. He served in the

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during

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and then served in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps. After his retirement from the United States Navy in 1967, he worked as a civil engineer in Pennsylvania before retiring in 1982. He died in

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