Eugene R. Lombardini

August 7, 1930 - February 21, 2014

EUGENE LOMBARDINI LORETTO- Eugene R. Lombardini age 83 of Loretto, passed away, Friday, February 21, 2014 at Bellin Hospital in Green Bay, WI after a short illness. He was born on August 7, 1930 in Loretto, the son of the late Fred “Butch” and Rose (Simonetti) Lombardini. Eugene attended Loretto School and graduated from Vulcan High School in 1949. He served his country in the U.S. Marine Corp. during the Korean Conflict, then attended Northern Michigan University receiving his Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Education. Eugene was a teacher at Vulcan High School and after consolidation Vulcan Middle School for 30 years, teaching history, science, Michigan history, and drivers’ education, until he retired in 1987. He also was the baseball coach and scoreboard operator at basketball games for many years. Eugene was an avid fan of the Detroit Tigers, Lions and Michigan Wolverines, and had been an outstanding baseball player for the Loretto Blackhawks in his younger years and lived on those years following the Tigers. He married Joann Geline on April 18, 1959 in St. Stephens Church in Loretto, and they enjoyed 54 wonderful years together. His friends and relatives enjoyed the fruits of his large vegetable garden each year and he always loved his golf foursome each summer at Oak Crest and having camp fires with family and friends in his back yard, but his favorite activity of all was deer hunting at the family camp Ponderosa with his son Tony. Eugene is survived by his wife Joann, daughters Gina of Marquette and Lisa (Paul) Schultz of Kingsford; son Tony of Vulcan; brother Donald “Blackie”(Darlene) Lombardini of Hamilton Lakes; sisters-in-law Lucy (Tom) Krajna of Milwaukie, WI, Joyce Geline of Franklin, WI and Nancy (Doug) Cook of Kingsford; brother-in-law John (Barbara) Geline of Loretto; numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, February 25 from 3-7 p.m. at the Ortman Funeral Home in Norway. Interment will be held on Wednesday, February 26 at 10 a.m. at the Norway Township Cemetery. Family request that flowers be omitted.