Springfield -- Ronald H. Lache, a retired lieutenant colonel of the U.S. Air Force and member of the Newman Center and Rock Bridge Lions Club, lost his long battle with lung cancer and died yesterday at the age of 66.
Lache of Dayton, OH has been battling lung cancer for almost six years and passed peacefully in his hospital bed at the Springfield County Hospital.
His son, Ronald Lache Jr., was with his father at the time of death. “My father was a stern but loving father, husband, and mentor. He will be missed and may he rest in peace,” said Lache Jr.
Ronald Sr. flew F-4 Phantom fighter jets during the Vietnam War and assisted in the plans and execution of the Persian Gulf War. He also was an officer of the Rock Bridge Lions Club and was considered an excellent event organizer by his peers.
Ronald was the husband of the late Delores Carney, who passed away March 7 of this year of cancer. He is survived by his mother, Thelma Lache of Springfield; his son, Ronald Lache Jr. of Springfield; Barbara Ann Peck of Dayton, Ohio; Patrice Louis Wylie of Indianapolis, Ind.; and Cynthia Lache of San Mateo, Ariz. Ronald also was grandfather of Jennifer C. Peck of Springfield.
There will be a viewing at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Parker Funeral Service, 606 Washington Ave., Springfield. Interment will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Jefferson Barracks national Cemetery, 202 Jefferson Ave., Springfield.
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