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Stephen Julian Lachendro, age 49, of
Arlington Avenue, Butler, Pennsylvania passed away Friday, October
10, 2008 in Bernalillo, New Mexico.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on
December 8, 1958, he was the son of Margaret McCarthy Lachendro and
the late John Robert Lachendro.
Mr. Lachendro was a member of
Meridian United Presbyterian Church. He was currently a full time
reservist in the United States Air Force Reserve, stationed at the
Youngstown Air Force Reserve base in Vienna, Ohio with the rank of
Senior Master Sergeant. He was also a veteran of the United States
Air Force where he was an electrician. Mr. Lachendro was a member of
NOBPA, the Northern Ohio Balloon Pilots Association; He was a former
elder of his church and currently a member of the church choir. Mr.
Lachendro was a member of AOPA, Aircraft Owners Pilots Association,
the Balloon Federation of America, a member of the Butler Farm Show
Airport. He was also a Notary Public.
Steve is survived by his wife, Carrie
Pollock Lachendro, whom he married on September 16, 1978, by two
sons, Chris Lachendro and his wife Tracy, and Joseph Lachendro both
of Butler, Pennsylvania, one daughter, Amanda Lachendro currently a
student at Slippery Rock University, by his mother, Margaret
McCarthy Lachendro of Zelienople, Pennsylvania, one sister, Ruth
Anne Lachendro of Los Angeles, California, four brothers, James
Richard Lachendro of Scotland, Edward Michael Lachendro of Beaver
Dam, Wisconsin, Michael Alan Lachendro of Reno, Nevada, Mark Timothy
Lachendro of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, and by a number of
nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his
father.
Friends and family of Stephen J.
Lachendro will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home,
Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania 16001 on Tuesday,
October 14, 2008 from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Wednesday, October 15, 2008
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be from the
funeral home on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. with
Reverend Stephen Cahoon, former pastor of Meridian United
Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment will follow in The Butler
County Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers the family
suggests donations to the American Cancer Society Pennsylvania
Division, Inc. Attn: Memorial and Honor Gifts, P.O. Box 897,
Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033 or to The Balloon Federation of
America's Youth Balloon Camp, P.O. Box 400, Indiana, IA 50125 |
A Life Remembered . . .