Evening News, Fri., Dec. 1, 1995

 

 

 

Paul B. Laginess

EAST ROCKWOOD — Paul
Benjamin Laginess, 64, of East
Rockwood died at 6:27 a.m.
Thursday in his home. He had
been ill for a month.

Friends may call from 1 to 9
p.m. Saturday and from noon to 9
p.m. Sunday at the Ford Chapel
of the Allore-Martenson Funeral
Home, Rockwood. Rock of
Gibraltar Post 4230, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, will conduct a ser-
vice at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the
funeral home and the rosary will
be recited at 8.

The funeral will be at 9:30 a.m.
Monday in the funeral home and
at 10 at St. Mary Catholic Church,
Rockwood. The Rev. Thomas
. Sauter will officiate. Burial will be
in Michigan Memorial Park, Flat
Rock.

Born Aug. 22, 1931, in Brown-
stown Township, he was the son of
Legrand and Lucille (Goniea)
Laginess. He was married Nov.
20, 1954, to Doris Schmitt in
River Rouge.

Mr. Laginess had _ been
employed as a millwright by Mon-
santo Chemical, Trenton, for 37
years, retiring in 1994. He was a
pomber of its Quarter Century

ub.

An Army veteran of the Korean
War, he served from Feb. 14,
1952, to Jan. 27, 1954. He was a
member of Rock of Gibraltar Post
4230, VFW.

He also was a member of St.
Mary Catholic Church, Rock-
wood.

Surviving are his wife; a son,
Legrand (Butch) of Belleville;
four daughters, Mrs. David
(Katherine) Ptasinski of South
Rockwood, Mrs. Steve (Gloria)
Crock and Cynthia Dzwik, both of
Rockwood, and Mrs. David
(Linda) Mashke of Gibraltar; a
brother, Duane of Tijeras, N.M.;
two sisters, Alice Timmons and
Mrs. Charles (Viola) Humphriss,
both of Flat Rock; six grandchil-
dren, and five stepgrandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the
Hospice of Monroe.