# Vern Pyles

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{{Short description|American politician (1919–2013)}}
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| name         = Vern Pyles
| state_house  = Pennsylvania
| district     = [151st](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives%2C_District_151)
| term_start   = January 7, 1975
| term_end     = November 30, 1980
| predecessor  = [Charles Dager](/source/Charles_Dager)
| successor    = [George Sauerman](/source/George_Sauerman)
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| 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.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), United States
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2013|6|20|1919|5|17}}
| death_place  = [Lansdale, Pennsylvania](/source/Lansdale%2C_Pennsylvania)
| party        = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
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'''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](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) member of the [Pennsylvania House of Representatives](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives).<ref>{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = House Members P | publisher = Wilkes University | work = [Wilkes University Election Statistics Project](/source/Wilkes_University_Election_Statistics_Project)| date = | url =http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/P.html}}</ref>

Born in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), he worked as a cable slicer for AT&T and then went to [Clemson University](/source/Clemson_University) where he received his degree in civil engineering. He served in the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) during [World War II](/source/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](/source/Lansdale%2C_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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