Sikeston - Fred W. Lashmet Jr., 61 years old, of Sikeston, died Thursday at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, following a stroke.
He was born Nov. 26, 1925, in Yuma, Colo., the son of Fred Woodall and Clara Goode Lashmet. His mother, of Wheatridge, Colo., survives.
He married Dorothy Thorpe on Sept. 13, 1946 in Des Moines, Iowa. She survives.
He served with the Army's 101st Airborne Division during World War II, and was discharged in 1946. He was among the fewer than 60 survivors of the December 1944 Battle of the Bulge in Belgium.
He was a 32nd degree Mason and was a member of the Sikeston Masonic Lodge 310. He was a member of the Moolah Shrine Temple of St. Louis and the Kim Shrine Club of Cairo.
He was a member of the Eagles and Elks lodges, and the Sikeston VFW Post. He was a life member and past president of the 101st Airborne Division Association of Fort Campbell, Ky.
He was a member of the selection committee of the Shriner Children's Hospital in St. Louis. He owned and operated Mechanical Systems in Sikeston for 15 years.
Surviving is his wife; sons, John, Bill, James and Robert Lashmet; sisters, Mrs. Mary Overturf and Margaret Jackson; and four grandchildren. A brother preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be Sunday at the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel here. Burial will be in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.
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He was born Nov. 26, 1925, in Yuma, Colo., the son of Fred Woodall and Clara Goode Lashmet. His mother, of Wheatridge, Colo., survives.
He married Dorothy Thorpe on Sept. 13, 1946 in Des Moines, Iowa. She survives.
He served with the Army's 101st Airborne Division during World War II, and was discharged in 1946. He was among the fewer than 60 survivors of the December 1944 Battle of the Bulge in Belgium.
He was a 32nd degree Mason and was a member of the Sikeston Masonic Lodge 310. He was a member of the Moolah Shrine Temple of St. Louis and the Kim Shrine Club of Cairo.
He was a member of the Eagles and Elks lodges, and the Sikeston VFW Post. He was a life member and past president of the 101st Airborne Division Association of Fort Campbell, Ky.
He was a member of the selection committee of the Shriner Children's Hospital in St. Louis. He owned and operated Mechanical Systems in Sikeston for 15 years.
Surviving is his wife; sons, John, Bill, James and Robert Lashmet; sisters, Mrs. Mary Overturf and Margaret Jackson; and four grandchildren. A brother preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be Sunday at the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel here. Burial will be in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.
Southeast Missourian
Sikeston - Fred W. Lashmet Jr., 61 years old, of Sikeston, died Thursday at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, following a stroke.
He was born Nov. 26, 1925, in Yuma, Colo., the son of Fred Woodall and Clara Goode Lashmet. His mother, of Wheatridge, Colo., survives.
He married Dorothy Thorpe on Sept. 13, 1946 in Des Moines, Iowa. She survives.
He served with the Army's 101st Airborne Division during World War II, and was discharged in 1946. He was among the fewer than 60 survivors of the December 1944 Battle of the Bulge in Belgium.
He was a 32nd degree Mason and was a member of the Sikeston Masonic Lodge 310. He was a member of the Moolah Shrine Temple of St. Louis and the Kim Shrine Club of Cairo.
He was a member of the Eagles and Elks lodges, and the Sikeston VFW Post. He was a life member and past president of the 101st Airborne Division Association of Fort Campbell, Ky.
He was a member of the selection committee of the Shriner Children's Hospital in St. Louis. He owned and operated Mechanical Systems in Sikeston for 15 years.
Surviving is his wife; sons, John, Bill, James and Robert Lashmet; sisters, Mrs. Mary Overturf and Margaret Jackson; and four grandchildren. A brother preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be Sunday at the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel here. Burial will be in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.
Southeast Missourian
He was born Nov. 26, 1925, in Yuma, Colo., the son of Fred Woodall and Clara Goode Lashmet. His mother, of Wheatridge, Colo., survives.
He married Dorothy Thorpe on Sept. 13, 1946 in Des Moines, Iowa. She survives.
He served with the Army's 101st Airborne Division during World War II, and was discharged in 1946. He was among the fewer than 60 survivors of the December 1944 Battle of the Bulge in Belgium.
He was a 32nd degree Mason and was a member of the Sikeston Masonic Lodge 310. He was a member of the Moolah Shrine Temple of St. Louis and the Kim Shrine Club of Cairo.
He was a member of the Eagles and Elks lodges, and the Sikeston VFW Post. He was a life member and past president of the 101st Airborne Division Association of Fort Campbell, Ky.
He was a member of the selection committee of the Shriner Children's Hospital in St. Louis. He owned and operated Mechanical Systems in Sikeston for 15 years.
Surviving is his wife; sons, John, Bill, James and Robert Lashmet; sisters, Mrs. Mary Overturf and Margaret Jackson; and four grandchildren. A brother preceded him in death.
Funeral service will be Sunday at the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel here. Burial will be in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.
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