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- [S234] Staff, Daily Press, The, (Name: Daily Press, The; Location: St. Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States;), Obit: Breindel, LaVern. 04JUN2016.
LaVern A. Breindel, 91, a resident of Silver Creek Terrace and formerly of Maine and Florida, died Thursday, June 2, 2016, at the Elk Haven Nursing Home after an illness of the past two months.
He was born June 16, 1924, in St. Marys, son of the late William and Clara Lenze Breindel.
He was a graduate of Central High School, Class of 1943, and a graduate of Valparaiso Technical Institute in Indiana. He had worked for Sylvania in Emporium and in Bangor, Maine.
On Aug. 17, 1946, in the St. Mary's Church, he married Helen M. Meyer and she preceded him in death on Jan. 24, 2014.
LaVern was a member of Queen of the World Church, a veteran of World War II and the Korean War having served in the United States Navy, was an Eagle Scout in Troop 97, and enjoyed square dancing, hiking, and woodworking.
He is survived by two daughters, Carolyn Sue Wheeler and her husband, Sherwood, of Haddonfield, N.J. and Mary Beth Schaut and her husband, Donald, of St. Marys; two sons, Thomas L. Breindel and his wife, Debra, of Dedham, Maine and Timothy J. BrBreindel and his wife, Ellen, of Holden, Maine; eight grandchildren, Angela Bennett, Kelly Salyards, Robert Schaut, Dr. David Wheeler, Anne Marie Clemens, Jody Butilier, Jill Breindel, and J.T. Breindel; six great-grandchildren; a sister, Dorothy Bon of St. Marys; and a sister-in-law, Patricia Schmidt, and her husband, Wolfgang, of Colorado.
Besides his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Clara Schatz and Margaret Breindel; and by three brothers, Frederick, William, and Leo Breindel.
A Mass of Christian Burial for LaVern A. Breindel will be celebrated in the Queen of the World Church on Tuesday, June 7 at noon with the Rev. Richard Allen, pastor, officiating. Full military rites will be accorded by the St. Marys Servicemen's Burial Detail. Burial will follow in the St. Mary's Cemetery.
Visitation will be held in the Lynch-Radkowski Funeral Home on Tuesday morning from 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Elk County Catholic School System, 600 Maurus St., St. Marys, Pa. 15857; or to the Silver Creek Terrace, 791 Johnsonburg Rd., St. Marys, Pa. 15857.
Online condolences may be offered at www.lynch-radkowski.com.
Funeral Home
Lynch-Radkowski Funeral Home
169 Center Street St. Marys, PA 15857
(814) 781-1410
Published in The Daily Press on June 4, 2016
HFA: 04JUN2016
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d. 2 Jun 2016, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA