Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameJohn J. LECHNER
Birth7 Aug 19143517
Death7 May 1952, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana3517
Burial10 May 19523517
OccupationAttorney
EducationUniversity Of Notre Dame Law School 1938
Spouses
Birth20 Feb 1922, Bremen, Marshall County, Indiana1020,3516
Memobirth cert
Death31 Mar 1978, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana78,3516
Burial2 Apr 1978, St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, St. Joseph, Indiana78
FatherLester Ewing KOONTZ (1899-1952)
MotherRuth Irene BENNETT (1904-1968)
Marriage10 Feb 1945, St. Joseph County, Indiana3517
Obituary notes for John J. LECHNER
The Bremen Enquirer, 15 May 1952, page 1
John J. Lechner
Burial services were held here Saturday morning for John J. Lechner, South Bend attorney, who died Wednesday in St. Joseph hospital, South Bend, where he had been a patient since April 6.
Born Aug. 7, 1914, Mr. Lechner was graduated from the law school of the University of Notre Dame in 1938 and became associated with the firm of Arnold, Chipman, Degnan & Associates. He was active in politics and was a former president of the Young Democrats organization of St. Joseph county. He was secretary of the St. Joseph County Association of Fraternal and Service Clubs and secretary of the South Bend lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose.
He was married Feb. 19, 1945 to Jane Koontz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Koontz of Bremen, who survives.
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