OBITUARIES; [STATE Edition 4] St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Fla.: Jan 6, 2006. pg. 5 HAMMOND, LaVERNE J. (NORDSTROM), 92, of Shorewood, Wis., a longtime seasonal resident of St. Petersburg, died Tuesday (Jan. 3, 2006) in the hospice unit of Columbia St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee. A visitor for many years, she became a seasonal resident in 1997. She wrote scores of columns for the Seniority section of the St. Petersburg Times. She was born in Kenosha, Wis., and attended the journalism school at Northwestern University. She was a member of Three Holy Women Catholic Parish, Milwaukee, and the Shorewood Senior Resource Center. She was an antique collector, an avid reader and yoga practitioner. She enjoyed fashionable clothes. Survivors include four daughters, Joan Whipp and Diane Kavalauskas, both of Shorewood, Margo Hammond, St. Petersburg, and Renee Hammond, Gaithersburg, Md.; five grandchildren, Matt Kavalauskas, Tasha Hernandez, Ryan Whipp, Sonja Whipp and Emily Whipp; a great- grandchild, Lara Kavalauskas; and a nephew. Suminski/Weiss Funeral Home, Milwaukee.