Arnold Wayne Lahti, U. S. Army, SFC, Ret.'s Obituary
Arnold Wayne Lahti, SFC, Ret.
Memorial services for Arnold Wayne Lahti, U. S. Army SFC, Ret., 75, of Harleton will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 29, 2007 in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. Burial will be in Smyrna Cemetery, Harleton with the Reverends Shenia Kelsey and Mike Brittain officiating. He passed away Thursday, August 23, in a Longview hospital.
Mr. Lahti was born September 11, 1931 in Marquette, Michigan to Arne and Vienno Lahti and had been a resident of Harleton since 1992. He was retired from the U. S. Army, having served in Viet Nam and Korea, and was a self employed business owner. Also, he was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 4002 in Longview and was a Lutheran.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife, Nita Charlene Lahti.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Shirley Lahti of Harleton; children, Michael Lahti and wife Pamela of Leander, TX, Mitchell Lahti and wife Nila of Diana, TX, and Melissa Bartuska and husband Gary, Matthew Lahti and wife Joni, and Melinda Nixon and husband Brad, all of Harleton; 12 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; and sister, Dorothy Beckman and husband Glen of Marquette, Michigan.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Gregg North Unit, P.O. Box 906, Longview, TX 75606.
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