YOUNGSTOWN - Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel for Leo T. Lattea, 89, who passed away Wednesday at his home.
Leo was born Sept. 25, 1921, in Freemansburg, W.Va., the son of James Earl and Linson West Lattea.
Leo served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a millwright for Youngstown Sheet and Tube for 37 years. He was always proud of being a veteran and was proud to have served his country. Leo enjoyed fishing and car races.
His wife the former Isabell Fockler, whom he married Dec. 19, 1959, passed away Feb. 25, 2007.
Leo leaves his six daughters, Renee A. Lattea of Akron, Sheila Hunn of Queens Creek, Ariz., Ruth Aaron of Youngstown, Catherine Kenneth Skarnik of Grand Island, Neb., Karen Walter Jamison of Queens Creek and Linda Shaffer of North Platte, Neb.; two sisters, Alice Davis of West Virginia and Eileen Pettit of Texas; three brothers, Branson Lattea of Wyoming, Virgil Lenora Lattea of Maryland and Edmund Barbara of West Virginia; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Leo was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; a sister, Kathleen Burns; and two brothers, Edward and Burlin Lattea.
Family and friends may call Monday from noon to 1 p.m. at the funeral home.