Laura Mary Lamberton Harper, 92, of Warren died at home on September 8, 2011. She was born on September 25, 1918 in Germantown (Philadelphia) Pennsylvania to Robert E. Lamberton and Helen Henderson Lamberton. She was the only daughter in a family of five children. She graduated from Hood College in Frederick, Maryland in 1940, and did graduate study in Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She married S. Knox Harper in 1945, and worked as a social worker in Pittsburgh before moving to Warren in 1949.
Laura was devoted to her husband and children. She was also active in the Warren community for many years. She served on the Board of Directors of Warren General Hospital, Hospice of Warren County, and the Crary Home. She was Director of the Warren Senior Center from 1972 to 1985. She loved her work there and made many friends. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and participated in its Tuesday Afternoon Study Group. She also belonged to Philomel Club, Woman's Club, the League of Women Voters, and the Street Landscape Committee of the City of Warren. For recreation she loved to walk around Warren with her good friend Joyce Davis.
Laura approached life with cheerfulness and a wonderful sense of humor. She tried to better the lives of others, always looked on the positive side of things, and maintained grace and fortitude in the face of adversity.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, S. Knox Harper, and her brothers John, William, and Robert E. Lamberton, Jr. She is survived by one brother, Hugh Lamberton of Dallas, Pennsylvania, and her four children, Rebecca of Warren, John of Bologna, Italy, Jane of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Stephen of Miami, Florida, and six grandchildren, Antonia and Sara Harper, Andrew and Anna Davis and Alexander and Samuel Harper. She is also survived by her cousin John Zacherle of New York City and a number of nieces and nephews.
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