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Regis George Schatz

Regis George Schatz

Male 1918 - 1994  (75 years)


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  • Name Regis George Schatz  [1, 2] 
    Birth 31 Jul 1918  St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 13 Jun 1994  St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2838  Branches and Roots
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

    Family Clara Mary Breindel,   b. 16 Aug 1919, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1981, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 17 Nov 1942  St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

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    1. [S93] Staff, Buffalo News, The, (Name: Buffalo News, The; Location: Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States; Date: 31MAR1999;), Breindel, Frederick C.
      REINDEL - Frederick C. "Porky" of Blasdell, NY July 29, 2012; beloved husband of the late Elizabeth "Betty" (Greenthaner) Breindel; loving father of Robert (Anne), Frederick Jr. (Carolyn), Ronald (Mary Colleen), Daniel (Lisasa), David (Janet), James (Elizabeth), John (Debra) and Constance E. Breindel; son of the late William and Clara (Lenze) Breindel; brother of LaVern "Butch" (Helen) Breindel and Dorothy (Ludy) Bon and the late William (late Emma), Clarra "Sis" (late Regis) Schatz, Leo "Boots" (late Marie) and Margaret Breindel; also survived by 24 grandchildren, one great-grandson and many other family and friends. Family will be present to receive friends Tuesday 2-8 PM at the (Blasdell/Lackawanna Chapel) John J. Kaczor Funeral Home, Inc., 3450 South Park Ave., where prayers will be said Wednesday at 8:45 AM followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at Our Mother of Good Counsel Church at 9:30 AM. Entombment Holy Cross Cemetery. Mr. Breindel was a WW II Army Veteran, past commander at American Legion Post #60, a member of the K of C Hamburg Council #2220, and Ford Stamping Plant retiree. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Roswell Park or the American Heart Association. Share online condolences at www.kaczorfunerals.com

      Buffalo News: 31JUL2012.

    2. [S234] Staff, Daily Press, The, (Name: Daily Press, The; Location: St. Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States;), Obit: Breindel, LaVern. 04JUN2016.
      LaVern A. Breindel, 91, a resident of Silver Creek Terrace and formerly of Maine and Florida, died Thursday, June 2, 2016, at the Elk Haven Nursing Home after an illness of the past two months.

      He was born June 16, 1924, in St. Marys, son of the late William and Clara Lenze Breindel.

      He was a graduate of Central High School, Class of 1943, and a graduate of Valparaiso Technical Institute in Indiana. He had worked for Sylvania in Emporium and in Bangor, Maine.

      On Aug. 17, 1946, in the St. Mary's Church, he married Helen M. Meyer and she preceded him in death on Jan. 24, 2014.

      LaVern was a member of Queen of the World Church, a veteran of World War II and the Korean War having served in the United States Navy, was an Eagle Scout in Troop 97, and enjoyed square dancing, hiking, and woodworking.

      He is survived by two daughters, Carolyn Sue Wheeler and her husband, Sherwood, of Haddonfield, N.J. and Mary Beth Schaut and her husband, Donald, of St. Marys; two sons, Thomas L. Breindel and his wife, Debra, of Dedham, Maine and Timothy J. BrBreindel and his wife, Ellen, of Holden, Maine; eight grandchildren, Angela Bennett, Kelly Salyards, Robert Schaut, Dr. David Wheeler, Anne Marie Clemens, Jody Butilier, Jill Breindel, and J.T. Breindel; six great-grandchildren; a sister, Dorothy Bon of St. Marys; and a sister-in-law, Patricia Schmidt, and her husband, Wolfgang, of Colorado.

      Besides his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Clara Schatz and Margaret Breindel; and by three brothers, Frederick, William, and Leo Breindel.

      A Mass of Christian Burial for LaVern A. Breindel will be celebrated in the Queen of the World Church on Tuesday, June 7 at noon with the Rev. Richard Allen, pastor, officiating. Full military rites will be accorded by the St. Marys Servicemen's Burial Detail. Burial will follow in the St. Mary's Cemetery.

      Visitation will be held in the Lynch-Radkowski Funeral Home on Tuesday morning from 10:30-11:30 a.m.

      Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Elk County Catholic School System, 600 Maurus St., St. Marys, Pa. 15857; or to the Silver Creek Terrace, 791 Johnsonburg Rd., St. Marys, Pa. 15857.

      Online condolences may be offered at www.lynch-radkowski.com.
      Funeral Home
      Lynch-Radkowski Funeral Home
      169 Center Street St. Marys, PA 15857
      (814) 781-1410

      Published in The Daily Press on June 4, 2016
      HFA: 04JUN2016

      https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/smdailypress/name/lavern-breindel-obituary?id=16846533