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Pauline Lytton Obituary

LYTTON PAULINE VIRGINIA WILL LYTTON At almost 91 years of age, died on October 3, 2007 at Sibley Hospital. Beloved wife of late Tyrus Cobb Lytton; loving mother of Tyrus (Lita), Patricia Sims, Gail Lively (James), Joyce Stephenson (Gary), Mary Jane Pierce (Ray), Robin (Svetlana), Martha Van Trees (Stephen), John, and Kimberly. Mrs. Lytton leaves a family of eighty-one members living across the country and around the world. The daughter of James Carson and Edna Zirkle Will, she was born on November 7, 1916 and grew up in Shenandoah County, Virginia. For the past 10 years she has resided in Washington, D.C. with her daughter, Gail and her husband, James Lively. Her vocation was as wife and mother, her avocation was her avid interest in literature of every genre. Services and interment will be in Shenandoah County at St. Luke's County Line Church, near Timberville, Virginia, at 11 a.m. on October 19, 2 007.

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Published by The Washington Post on Oct. 6, 2007.

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Mary Jane Pierce

October 14, 2007

My love to Mama - she has been in my heart all of my life and has guided me through every heartbeat - Daughter Janie

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