Lahti, Arnold Wayne

Memorial services for Arnold Wayne Lahti, U.S. Army, specialist first class, retired, 
of Harleton, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 29, 2007, at Rader Funeral Home of 
Longview, with the Rev. Shenia Kelsey and the Rev. Mike Brittain officiating. Burial 
will be in Smyrna Cemetery of Harleton. Mr. Lahti died August 23, 2007, in Longview.

Born September 11, 1931, in Marquette, Mich., he was a self-employed business owner. 
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Lahti; sons, Michael Lahti, Mitchell Lahti and 
Matthew Lahti; daughters, Melissa Bartuska and Melinda Nixon; and sister, Dorothy 
Beckman.

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 8/25/2007.

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Lahti, Arnold Wayne

Memorial services for Arnold Wayne Lahti, U.S. Army, sergeant first class, retired, 75, 
of Harleton,, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 29, 2007, at the chapel of Rader Funeral 
Home of Longview. Burial will be in Smyrna Cemetery in Harleton with the Revs. Shenia 
Kelsey and Mike Brittain officiating. He passed away Thursday, August 23, at a Longview 
hospital.

Mr. Lahti was born September 11, 1931, in Marquette, Michigan, to Arne and Vienno Lahti, 
and had been a resident of Harleton since 1992. He was retired from the U.S. Army and 
was a self-employed business owner. Also, he was a member of the Veterans of Foreign 
Wars, Post 4002 in Longview and was a Lutheran.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife, Nita Charlene Lahti.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Shirley Lahti of Harleton; children, 
Michael Lahti and wife, Pamela, of Leander, Texas, Mitchell Lahti and wife, Nila, of 
Diana, Texas, and Melissa Bartuska and husband, Gary, Matthew Lahti and wife, Joni, and 
Melinda Nixon and husband, Brad, all of Harleton; 12 grandchildren; four great-
grandchildren; and sister, Dorothy Beckman and husband, Glen, of Marquette, Michigan.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Gregg North Unit, 
P.O. Box 906, Longview, TX 75606.

A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 8/26/2007.