LAVITE ANTHONY

COL Anthony "Tony" Lavite was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 02/15/2005 at the age of 82.2
Weatherford, TX
Date of Birth 12/17/1922
Served in the U.S. Army
This information was provided by obit notice in Star-Telegram

More detail on this person: Anthony "Tony" Lavite Jr., 82, a retired U.S. Army colonel, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2005, in Weatherford.

Graveside service: 10 a.m. Friday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at White's Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be directed to the Parker County Livestock Improvement Association for Parker County Youth, Box 1744, Weatherford, Texas, or to Meals on Wheels, 1225 Holland Lake Drive, Weatherford.

Anthony Lavite Jr. was born Dec. 17, 1922, in New Orleans, La., to Anthony Lavite Sr. and Mary DeGange Lavite. He was a graduate of Warren Easton High School and Louisiana State University. Col. Lavite entered the U.S. Army in 1945 as an enlisted man. He served his country for 32 years, including World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Col. Lavite retired in 1973 as commandant of the U.S. Army Primary Flight School at Fort Wolters.

Tony married Geri Boyce in 1965 and moved to Weatherford in 1972. He was a member of the Parker County Sheriff's Posse, a rancher and cattleman, and raised Jack Russell Terriers.

Tony was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Capt. Anthony Lavite III, killed in Vietnam in 1969.

Survivors: Wife, Geri Lavite of Weatherford; son, Jerry "Butch" Lavite and wife, Deborah, of Missouri; daughter, Cathy Pfaltzgraff and husband, Dennis, of Killeen; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; sister, Mary "Honey Girl" Crovetto of Mandeville, La.; sister-in-law, Anne Onderdonk of Amityville, N.Y.; mother-in-law, Marie Boyce of Amityville, N.Y.; nieces, Mia James and husband, Jeff, of Baton Rouge, La., Cara Vann and husband, Greg, of Houston and Kristin Horan and husband, Paul, of Ireland; and nephew, Eric Onderdonk and wife, Kristen, of Amityville, N.Y.

Published in the Star-Telegram on 2/17/2005.

Burial information: Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery

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