Stephen Lazar

Stephen Steve Lazar passed away July 9th 2011at Lake Park nursing home with his family by his side. Steve was born March 19, 1915 in Avella, PA to Stephen and Lidia Lazar. At the age of 16 he took over the family radiator business in Wilkinsburg PA, due to his fathers passing while away visiting family back in Hungary. One of Steves great loves was flying; he became a Naval Flight instructor during WWII after learning to fly in the 1930s along side his brother Joe and sister Vilma. After serving in the Navy, he moved to Bowling Green, Ohio to be a flight instructor and met his wife Rita. Rita and Steve moved to Toledo Ohio where he started City Auto Radiator in 1947. Steve always enjoyed interacting with customers, making the deliveries for the radiator shop, playing the lotto, flying with his son Steve, going on road trips with his son and grandson Mark, visiting and going to parks with his son David and his daughters, watching movies, and spending time with his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Steve is survived by his sons: Steve Donna, Mark, David Colleen; daughter Ann Jack Gwschind; sister in-law Judy Lazar; as well as his grandchildren, great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews throughout Pennsylvania and Arizona. He is preceded in death by his mother and father Lidia and Stephen; Brother Joe; Sister Vilma, brother in-law Mel Qualls, and niece Jadine Puseman; and his daughter in-law Mary Mark Lazar. The family would like to thank the nurses and staff at Lake Park for all the care and attention that they gave, and for crowning him the Valentine King. Thank you, we will never forget. Friends may visit the family on Wednesday from 6-9 PM at the Walker Funeral Home 5155 Sylvania Ave west of Corey Rd . where services will be held on Thursday at 1:00 PM followed by interment at Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers please make donations to either the Blessed Sacrament building fund or Saint Francis de Sales High School. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com.