Lt. Ronald H. Lache Passes at Age 66 with Lung Cancer

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Retired Airforce Lt. Col. Ronald H. Lache, 66, died Monday night in his home located in Springfield. He died from a long battle with with lung cancer. He was found by his son Ronald Lache Jr.


Born on Nov. 3, 1943, in Philidelphia to Harry and Thelma Curry Lache. Lache spent 20 years in the American Air force flying with a squadron known as the Skyfire Aces. The squadron was one of the many that went to fight in Vietnam. 


Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Okland Dr., Springfield, Ohio, where the ceremony will be conducted by Reverand Micheal Finney. 


Friends and Family may visit with family at Jefferson National Barracks starting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. 


Ronald H. Lache will be laid to rest next to his wife Delores Carney who passed earlier this year on March 7. 


Lache raised a family of four children with his wife Delores Carney. After there four children moved out of the house they moved from Dayton, Ohio to Springfield. In his later years Lt. Ronald enjoyed socializing at the Newman Center and the Rock Bridge Lions Club.


Survivors include his mother Thelma Lache of Springfield; his son Ronald Lache Jr. of Springfield; three daughters – Barbara Ann Peck of Dayton, Ohio, Patrice Louis Wylie of Indianapolis, Ind., Cynthia Lache of San Mateo, Calif.; and one granddaughter, Jennifer C. Peck, of Springfield.



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