Lavina L. (Kellander) Johns, 85, of Cookport, PA, died Thursday, August 10, 2017 at Communities At Indian Haven in Indiana, PA.
The daughter of Henry and Anna (Thompson) Kellander, she was born on July 31, 1932 in Spangler, PA. Lavina was a graduate of the Spangler High School Class of 1950. She worked as a housekeeper at Miners Hospital in Spangler, PA.
Lavina greatly enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.
She married John “Jack” R. Johns on December 8, 1953 and they shared twenty-three years of marriage until his death on November 11, 1976.
She is survived by her two daughters: Debra Ann McCombs of Cookport, PA and Denise Lynn Stefan and husband Denny of Cookport, PA; her four grandchildren: Johnna (McCombs) Stancombe and husband Brian; Dana (Stefan) Beatty and husband Jason; Jason McCombs and wife Katie and Ryan Stefan; her four great grandchildren: Maecen Stancombe; Max Beatty; Anna Beatty; Ella Beatty; her sister, Darlene (Kellander) Clark of Murrysville, PA; her brother, Dennis Kellander and wife Linda of Raleigh, NC and numerous nieces and nephews.
Lavina was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her sister, Henrietta Kellander; her brother, Henry “Bud” Kellander and her brother-in-law, Jack Clark.
Family and friends will be received from 2-4:00 p.m. and 6-8:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 13, 2017 at the Rairigh Funeral Home, Ltd. in Hillsdale, PA, where a funeral service will be held on Monday, August 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Timothy Bash officiating. Interment will be at the Cookport Methodist Cemetery, Cookport, PA
