{{Short description|American politician (1919–2013)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Vern Pyles | state_house = Pennsylvania | district = 151st | term_start = January 7, 1975 | term_end = November 30, 1980 | predecessor = Charles Dager | successor = George Sauerman | constituency = | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|5|17}}<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=lGjLkC2sefwC&q=vern+pyles+pennsylvania+born&dq=vern+pyles+pennsylvania+born Pennsylvania Manual 1977]</ref> | birth_place = Washington, D.C., United States | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|6|20|1919|5|17}} | death_place = Lansdale, Pennsylvania | party = Republican | alma_mater = | occupation = | spouse = | children = | website = }} '''Lavern "Vern" Pyles, Jr.'''<ref>[http://www.clemson.edu/clemsonworld/profiles/0404pyles.htm Clemson World Profiles]</ref> (May 17, 1919 – June 20, 2013) was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = House Members P | publisher = Wilkes University | work = Wilkes University Election Statistics Project| date = | url =http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/P.html}}</ref>
Born in Washington, D.C., he worked as a cable slicer for AT&T and then went to Clemson University where he received his degree in civil engineering. He served in the United States Navy during World War II 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 Lansdale, Pennsylvania.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130629095307/http://articles.philly.com/2013-06-27/news/40235440_1_clemson-university-commander-lansdale LaVern Pyles. Jr.-obituary]</ref>
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