Source: Hazleton Standard Speaker, Aug. 16, 1985
Deceased: Lewis Lomando
Birth Place: Paterno, Italy
Birth Date: Sept. 16, 1893
Death Place: Veterans Administration Medical Center, Plains Township
Death Date: 8/15/1985
Spouse: Mary Yakubik
Father: Michael Lomando
Mother: Maria Franklin
Surviving:Sons: Samuel and Lewis Jr.
Veteran of two wars, Mexican Border War and WWI. Awarded the purple heart.
Also had seven patents with the U.S. patent office.
Burial: St. Gabriel's Cemetery, Hazleton PA