Lt. Col. Edward A. Magri (USAF Ret.) died Sept. 12, 2004. He was born July 22, 1918 in Lynchburg, VA to the late Eugene and Elizabeth Magri. He was a graduate of Officer Candidate School in Miami, Fla., and held a master's degree in education from McKendree College. He served in the European Theater in WWII, in the Battle of the Bulge during "The Blitz" in London, England, Italy and Germany and during the liberation of the Jewish (Holocaust) concentration camps in Auswitz, Germany. Postwar he was stationed in Alaska, Hawaii and Japan and the 7th Logistics command Robbins Field (AFB) as a base inspector including Cape Canaveral. Col. Magri retired from military service at 44 and entered business with an oil distributorship, restaurant and bowling lanes in Dublin GA and finally with a theater chain including "The Alamo" and Lam Theater in Newnan, GA. He is predeceased by his wife of 42 years, Betty Weddell Magri.
Lt. Col. Edward A. Magri (USAF Ret.) died Sept. 12, 2004. He was born July 22, 1918 in Lynchburg, VA to the late Eugene and Elizabeth Magri. He was a graduate of Officer Candidate School in Miami, Fla., and held a master's degree in education from McKendree College. He served in the European Theater in WWII, in the Battle of the Bulge during "The Blitz" in London, England, Italy and Germany and during the liberation of the Jewish (Holocaust) concentration camps in Auswitz, Germany. Postwar he was stationed in Alaska, Hawaii and Japan and the 7th Logistics command Robbins Field (AFB) as a base inspector including Cape Canaveral. Col. Magri retired from military service at 44 and entered business with an oil distributorship, restaurant and bowling lanes in Dublin GA and finally with a theater chain including "The Alamo" and Lam Theater in Newnan, GA. He is predeceased by his wife of 42 years, Betty Weddell Magri.
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