Anita 'Arlene' Latwaitis, 69

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Anita "Arlene" Latwaitis, 69, of Blair, died Friday, April 5, 2013, at her home.

Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home in Blair.

Anita Arlene "Arlene" Higgins was born on August 3, 1943, in Freeport, Long Island, N.Y., to J. David Higgins Jr. and Anita Erma (Wyss) Higgins. She attended Sanford H. Calhoun High School in Merrick, N.Y.

She worked for the telephone company and later Republic Aviation Corporation.

She married Alfred Latwaitis, Jr. in 1963, and together they started several businesses. She worked as the business manager at Trophy Hut in New York and Microsmart in Blair.

She will always be remembered for her love of and devotion to family.

She is survived by children, Ted and Candy Latwaitis, Holly Latwaitis and Tim Smith; grandchildren, Hope and D.J. Latwaitis and Alita, Taylor and Dylan Smith, all of Blair; brother and sister-in-law, J. David and Cecile Higgins of Modale, Iowa; and her extended Latwaitis and Higgins families of Nebraska, New York and Colorado.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Al; and her parents, Ann and David Higgins.