Obituary: Loren G. Lundquist April 14, 1942 – Dec. 16, 2020
April 14, 1942 – Dec. 16, 2020
Loren Gilmore Lundquist, born April 14, 1942 to Mae Lorraine (Obenland) Lundquist and Gilmore John Peter Lundquist, passed away Dec. 16, 2020 due to complications from a brief illness.
He was a kind, generous man of integrity with a delightful, wry sense of humor. He served his country for many years, and he will be sorely missed by his family and friends.
Any obituary of Loren Lundquist should rightfully contain as many details as possible, but Loren lived such a rich life that it’s hard to live up to his standards.
He was born in Alexandria, LA, while his father was preparing to deploy his B-25 squadron to North Africa during WWII. With a father in the Air Force, Loren and his siblings (Valerie Mae Lundquist, 1945, and Jerrold Theodore Lundquist, 1949) lived all over the country including Massachusetts, Ohio, and Virginia. From 1953-56, at the height of the Cold War, they lived