Pearl
(Stairs)
Sines-Sonavec
(1904-1977)
Pearl Nora (Stairs) Sines-Sonavec was born on Nov. 24, 1904 in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, PA, the daughter of Lehman G. and Mattie (Minerd) Stairs. She and her brother Earl were twins, and their names rhymed.
Pearl is thought to have had a son, Edward Stairs.
In 1925, Pearl married Theodore Sines (1899- ? ). Later, on Dec. 10, 1942, Pearl married policeman Jacob Sonavec (1918-1974).
Seen
here is a rare old photographic postcard showing Main Street in Mt.
Pleasant, looking east.
In September 1931, Pearl is known to have attended a 25th wedding anniversary reception for her cousin Alvin P. Thurston in Mt. Pleasant. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church of Mt. Pleasant.
Jacob died in 1974, and was buried in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Pearl outlived him by three years, and passed away at Frick Community Hospital in Mt. Pleasant on Nov. 1, 1977.
Son Edward resided in Detroit and passed away in March 1985.
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