MSG Lonnie F. Lay, ARMY, (Ret)

A Celebration of Life for MSG Lonnie Franklin Lay, ARMY, (Ret.), 83, will be held on Monday, November 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM Sykes Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Monday from 11:00 AM until the hour of service. Inurnment will follow in Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West where full US Military honors will be rendered.

 Lonnie was born on August 22, 1941 to Frances and Nancy Lay in Harlan, KY. He was a Vietnam Veteran, spending 28 years serving our country. Lonnie loved going fishing, listening to music, telling his war stories to anyone that would listen, spending Thursday evening at our family “Broetchen” night an almost 40 year tradition! He loved reading & loved his family very much!

 In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his grandchildren, Dylan Lay and Priscilla Rivera, and brother, Andy Lay. Lonnie is survived by his loving wife, of 56 years, Noris Lay , children, Ilona Rivera, Larry (Angela) Lay, and Michael (Amie) Lay, grandchildren, Carlos R.(Caitlyn) Rivera II, Giovanni A.(Tabatha) Rivera, Alexandria C. Lay, and Riley Franklin G. Lay, 7 great- grandchildren, and siblings, Patricia, Loretta, Jessie, Pete, John, and Mary Elizabeth. Sister-in -law Klaudia ( Bob ) Joyce, and all family in Germany, Italy and Australia.

Please visit Lonnie's online guestbook to share a memory with the family.