Obituaries
PITTSBURG, KS -  Phillistine Elizabeth Vann, 67, of Pittsburg, KS, died at
3:10 pm, Friday, August 27, 2010 at Via Christi Village in Pittsburg, KS.
  She was born June 3, 1943 in Pittsburg, KS the daughter of Wilbur
Kent and Naomi Frances Elizabeth King Berger.  She had been a
resident of Pittsburg her entire life.
  After her graduation from Pittsburg High School she attended Pittsburg
State University for two years.
  She had been employed at Delletters in Pittsburg and the Pittsburg
Morning Sun Newspaper.
  Membership was held in the Salvation Army,  Mt. Hebron Baptist
Church and the Order of the Eastern Star, all in Pittsburg, KS.
  Survivors include one daughter Myrtle Elaine Williams and her husband
James of Kansas City, Kansas;  one son Charles Lehon Vann Jr. and his
wife Tina of Independence, MO;  one brother Fred Berger of Pittsburg;  
four sisters Frances Ajani of Pittsburg;  Myrtle Berger of  Michigan City,
Indiana;  Wilma Smith of Kansas City, MO;  and Linda Evans of Michigan
City, Indiana;  several nieces and nephews;  two grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
  She was preceded in death by her parents;  two sisters Clara and
Veoma.
  Funeral services will be 2 pm Friday at the Bath-Naylor Funeral Home,
522 S. Broadway in Pittsburg, KS with the Rev. Darrell Dorsey, officiating.
 The family will receive their friends from 1 to 2 pm Friday at the funeral
home.  A memorial has been established to the American Kidney
Foundation.  The family would like to thank SKILLS and Southern Care
Hospice for the fine care of Phillistine during her illness.  Arrangements
are by the Bath-Naylor Funeral Home, 522 S. Broadway in Pittsburg, KS.
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