 Francis
L. Mahan
FAYETTEVILLE - Lt Col (Ret) Francis Leo., Mahan died at home
Tuesday following a lengthy illness.
He was born in Syracuse, NY to Augusta and Frank Mahan on June 17,
1919. He retired fro the Army in 1967 as a lieutenant
colonel. He entered the service in 1937 and served in
Troop K, a National Guard horse cavalry unit in Syracuse, NY,
and was a Special Forces veteran and a combat paratrooper.
As a lieutenant Mr. Mahan lead [sic] a platoon in I Company,
508trh Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
during World War II. e jumped into Normandy on D-Day in
June 1944 and later into Holland where he was wounded. He
served in the Special Forces in Germany and Vietnam.
Throughout his military career he received his numerous decorations
is the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster and Bronze Star with
Oak Leaf Cluster .
Lt. Col.. Mahan is survived by his wife, Rose Capparell Mahan of
the home, a son Michael Mahan of Winston-Salem; two daughters
Judith Carmichael of Lincoln, Neb. and Alice Wessner of Raleigh;
and one grandson, Brian Mahan of Winston-Salem; several
nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends tonight from 7-9 at Jernigan-Warren
Funeral Home.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated 11 a.m. Friday in St. Patrick's
Catholic Church. Burial will follow with full military
honors in the Fort Bragg Post Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to St. Patrick's Building Fund, c/o St.
Patrick's Church, Fayetteville, NC.
appeared in the Fayetteville News & Observer, September 14, 1995 |
 Francis
L. Mahan
Retired Army Lt Col Francis L., Mahan died Tuesday in his home.
He retired fro the Army as a lieutenant colonel. Mr. Mahan
served in Troop K, a National Guard horse cavalry unit in
Syracuse, NY, and was a Special Forces veteran and a combat
paratrooper. As a lieutenant colonel [sic] Mr. Mahan led a
platoon in I Company, 508trh Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd
Airborne Division during World War II. He served in the
Special Forces in Germany and Vietnam. Among his numerous
decorations is the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
A Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Patrick's
Catholic Church. Burial with full military honors will be
in the Fort Bragg Post Cemetery.
Mr. Mahan is survived by his wife, Rose C. Mahan of the home, a son
Michael Mahan of Winston-Salem; two daughters Judith Carmichael
of Lincoln, Neb. and Alice Wessner of Raleigh; and a grandson.
The family will receive friends tonight from 7-9 at Jernigan-Warren
Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to St. Patrick's Building Fund, c/o St.
Patrick's Church, Fayetteville, NC.
appeared in the Fayetteville Observer-Times, September 14, 1995
|
 FAYETTEVILLE
— Mrs. Rose Pauline Mahan, 94, devoted army wife, loving mother,
grandmother and precious friend passed away at home Tuesday
December 8, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband Lt.
Col. Francis L. Mahan. She is survived by Alice Wessner of
Raleigh, NC; Judy Carmichael and husband Ron of Southport, NC;
and Michael Mahan and wife Cindy of Winston Salem, NC. Her
grandchildren are Eric and Sarah Wessner, and Brian and John
Mahan.
Rose was born in Syracuse, NY on June 30, 1921. In 1946 she married
and embarked on her life’s adventure. Over the next twenty years
she called four European and three stateside cities home. For
forty nine years she lived and loved in Fayetteville with Fran,
family, and her friends.
Rose was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Fayetteville, a
volunteer at High Smith Rainey and Cape Fear Valley Hospitals,
and a Fayetteville Care Clinic volunteer.
A Mass of Christian Burial is at 9 am St. Patrick Catholic Church,
Tuesday, December 15th. Monsignor Michael Shugrue is celebrant.
Internment is at Fort Bragg cemetery at 11 am. There will be a
reception at the church at 12 noon.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Patrick Catholic
Church, 2844 Village Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28304 or The Care
Clinic, 239 Robeson St., Fayetteville, NC 28301.
[Fayetteville Observer, December 13, 2015] |
