- Edward Thomas Lobacz, 85, of Olney, died Sunday, March 20, 2011, at The United Methodist Village in Lawrenceville.
He was born December 6, 1925, in Binghamton, New York, the son of Charles and Hilda (Panantowski) Lobacz. He married Eleanor Berlin on December 20, 1947, in Chicago.
Ed was a graduate of Johnson City, New York, high school. Shortly after graduation, he was inducted into the United States Army in February 1944, and served in the European Theater until May 1946.
After moving to Chicago, he opened and ran two television repair shops. Later he taught electronics at DeVry Technical Institute in Chicago and later worked at Motorola. Upon moving to the Olney area, he worked at AMF in Olney and as an electrician in the St. Louis and Southern Illinois areas. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Olney, Olney Veterans of Foreign Wars and Olney American Legion.
Surviving are his wife, Eleanor Lobacz, of Olney; sons, Thomas (wife, Yolanda), of Des Plaines, Steven, of Chicago, David (wife, Vicki), of Olney, and Jeff, of Lawndale, Calif.; daughter, Judy (husband, Mike), McLear, of Vincennes, Ind.; two grandsons, Andrew and Kenneth Lobacz; three granddaughters, Brigette Lobacz and Chelsea and Sarah McLear; great-granddaughter, Khloe; sisters-in-law, Rita Lobacz, of New York, and Betty Jennings, of Olney; multiple nieces and nephews; and special friends, Greta and Warren Anderson, and their children and grandchildren, of Lake Forest.
Ed was preceded in death by his parents, sisters Emily, Helen, and Genevie, and brother Chet.
There will be no visitation. Cremation will be followed by a private memorial service.
Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church of Olney or United Methodist Village of Lawrenceville.
Published in Olney Daily Mail (IL) - Mar. 22, 2011
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1925 - 2011 (85 years)
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