Armin LOHR

1918 - 2020

LOHR, Armin E.

Armin E. Lohr, a native of Prarie du Sac, of the town of Troy, Wisconsin, died peacefully in Columbus, North Carolina, on Saturday, October 17, 2020, at Tryon Estates Retirement Community, of which he had been a resident since 2004. He was 102 years old.

Born on March 11, 1918, he was the 9th child of the late Johann and Paulina Lohr. He was captain of his High School State Championship basketball team before graduating and went on to the University of

Wisconsin at Madison, graduating in 1939 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry. This was followed by jobs in

industry and then the United States Department of Defense in 1941. The day after Pearl Harbor found him and his Engineering Team at Maui, Hawaii. He became commissioned as

Second Lieutenant, in the U.S Army Technical Corp, retrieving unexploded ordinance on the slopes of Mount Haleakala,

using Harley Davidson motorcycles for transportation, defusing said munitions, figuring out what went wrong, and reporting possible corrective actions for the defense industry to the upper chain of command. This was followed with

service with DOD Service to USAREUR, in Heidelberg, Germany, and special assignment by the U.S. Dept. of State in Pakistan. He was sent back to the U.S. in 1959 for start-up of munition plants and works of the U.S. Army during the

Vietnam War, while living in Sparta, New Jersey. He retired from the Dept. of Defense after 40 ½ years of service on

December 31, 1981, from Picatinny Arsenal at Rockaway, New Jersey, and subsequently worked as a consultant with Werner Pfeiderer Corp. at Ramsey, New Jersey for 5 years.

He and his wife, Dorothy Mae (Chaney) Lohr, moved to Arden, North Carolina in 1986. She preceded him in death January 31, 1996, after 48 years of marriage. He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Ralph and Nina Lohr of Denville, New Jersey, a daughter and son-in-law Diana and Raymond Moore of

Normal, Illinois, two grandsons, Robert and Armin; a granddaughter-in-law, Jordan and two great-grandsons, Heath and Chip; sons of Armin and Jordan Howard, also of Normal,

Illinois. He had 6 sisters and 3 brothers, all of which have passed to their heavenly home.

Armin will be laid to rest at Greenlawn Cemetery in South Charleston, Ohio, on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, with graveside service beginning at 11:00 a.m.

A larger service will be held in the Spring of 2021.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his name to Mt. Pisgah Lutheran Church in Hendersonville, NC, which he attended when he was able.

He will be sorely missed by family and friends. Condolences may be expressed to the family by visiting

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