Lambert DeForest Austin

Austin, affectionately known as "Pawpaw" to his loving family, passed away on the 10th of March 2010. He was born in Steubenville, New York on the 31st of December 1921 to Homer Austin and Katherine Fay Austin.

After graduation from high school in New York, he joined the Army Air Force and served in World War II, completing 65 missions over Nazi-occupied Europe in the B-26 Martin Marauder with the 344th Bomb Group, earning two Purple Hearts.

Lambert is predeceased by his brother, William Austin; sister, Mary Katherine Palmer; son, Glenn M. Austin Sr. and daughter, Phyllis M. Austin. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Eva Marie David Austin; son, Lambert D. Austin, Jr. and wife Faith; daughter, Daphne Austin Dyer and husband Charles; 10 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from five o'clock in the afternoon until six o'clock in the evening on Monday, the 15th of March, in the Jasek Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Berring Drive in Houston, where the recitation of the Holy Rosary will commence at six.

A Funeral Mass is to be conducted at half-past ten o'clock in the morning on Tuesday, the 16th of March, at St. Michael Catholic Church, 1801 Sage Road in Houston, where the Rev. Phil "Skip" Negley, is to celebrate.

At a later date, the family is to gather for a private committal at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston. Sent by Mrs. Dorothy Sparks Harrison