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Ludington Daily News
Wednesday, March 24, 1976

        HENRY VAVRINA
        
        Henry Vavrina, 70, of Mears died Tuesday morning
     at the Oceana Hospital in Hart after a brief illness.
        He was born in Chicago Oct. 18, 1905.
        He married Kathrine Holub and she preceded him in
     death.  He then married Elizabeth Harkenrider Aug. 13,
     1949, She survives.
        He was a member of the Ludington and Hart Chapters
     of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Veterans of Foreign
     Wars and American Legion.
        He came to Pentwater in 1939 from Chicago.
        He was lighthouse keeper at Little Point Sauble
     until it closed in 1954 and then was the lighthouse
     keeper at Big Point Sauble until his retirement in
     1964.
        He was a Navy Veteran of World War II.
        In addition to his wife, he is survived by two
     daughters, Shirley Vavrina of Chicago and Henrietta
     Snider of Hart; two sons, James Harkenrider of Carson
     City, Nev., and Gerald Harkenrider of Marysville, Calif.;
     one sister, Marie Schultz of Chicago; two brothers,
     Charles Laurel of Punta Gorda, Fla., and Walter Laurel
     of Huntington, Ill., and two grandchildren.
        The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the
     Tate-Weaver Funeral Home in Hart with Rev. Jack Kracklan
     officiating.
        Interment will be in the Hart Cemetery with military
     rites.
        Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
        
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