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Dolan Funeral Home
106 Middlesex Street
Chelmsford, MA 01863
Phone: (978) 251-4041
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Mr.
Francis Anthony Loya of N. Chelmsford, MA died Saturday January 9,
2010, at the Pine Knoll Nursing Home in Lexington, MA after a long
illness.
He was happily married for 38 years to Mrs. Judith Fay (Starkey) Loya.
Born
in Lyndora, PA on October 5, 1928, the son of the late Very Reverend
Stephen and Margaret (Boksay) Loya. He was a graduate of Duquesne
High School in Duquesne, PA with the class of 1946, and received his
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Technical
Institute with the class of 1954.
He served with the U.S. Navy Air Corps during WWII.
Francis
retired in 1992 after an 18-year career with Digital Equip. Corp.
He represented Digital on the Computer Business Equipment Manufactures
Assoc. Power Committee (CBEMA/ESC-3) from 1976 to 1992. He was
one of two US delegates representing the US computer industry in
revising IEC publications on harmonics and voltage variations.
Francis
wrote two articles, “AC Power Harmonics for EC 1992” and “An Overview:
Effects of Non-Linear Currents in Three Phase AC Power Distribution
Systems” for the Digital Power System Journal. He co-authored
with Harish Chandra “Monitoring of a Computer Installation for Power
Harmonics”.
He was a communicant of St. John the Evangelist Church of N. Chelmsford, MA.
In
his earlier years, Francis was an active Boy Scout adult volunteer who
served in various positions on the troop, district and council levels
in Anne Arundel County, MD, and was a member of the Order of the
Arrow. He was a private pilot for many years.
Besides his
loving wife, Judith, he is survived by three sons and their wives,
Thomas A. and Sophia (Taylor) Loya of Nottingham, England, Daniel T.
and Lea (Cabasco) Loya of Seattle, WA, John M. and Jessica (Drinkwater)
Loya of Leominster, MA, four daughters and their husbands, Lisa and
Scott Durant of China, ME, Theresa and Matthew Richards of Shirley, MA,
Veronica Gomez of Winchendon, MA, Angela and Jamie McMaster of N.
Chelmsford, MA, 13 brothers and sisters and their spouses, Stephen,
Andrew, and M. Timothy all of Dawson, PA, Mary Najeski of Pittsburgh,
PA, Paul and Dorothy of Dawson, PA, Helen and John Hvasta and Eugene
and Nicolette all of St. Augustine, FL, Anna Jane and Tom Petty of
Trenton, NJ, Theodore of Springlake, NJ, Rev. Daniel of Pleasant City,
OH, Kathleen Biernacki of Toledo, OH, Joseph and Joanne of Basking
Ridge, NJ, and Lawrence and Bernadette of Brandon, FL, sister-in-law,
Jacquelyn and John Cheshire of Greensboro, NC, a former son-in-law,
Tyrone Gomez of Winchendon, MA, and a brother-in-law, David and his
wife Kathleen Starkey of Sagamore Hills, OH, 21 grandchildren, as well
as many nieces and nephews and several close family friends including
Pamela Tardiff.
He was the father of the late Robert S. Loya of
Lancaster, MA who died December 7, 1995, the brother of the late Rev.
John Michael Loya and the brother-in-law of the late Anna Mary Loya.
FUNERAL NOTICE
LOYA,
Francis A. Loya of N. Chelmsford, MA died Jan. 9, 2010. Visiting hours
Wednesday 3 to 7 PM. Funeral Thursday at 8AM from the DOLAN FUNERAL
HOME 106 MIDDLESEX ST. CHELMSFORD, with a funeral Mass at 9AM at St.
John the Evangelist Church in N. Chelmsford. Burial in St. John
Cemetery, Lancaster, MA. Memorials may be made in his name to the Lewy
Body & Parkinson’s Research Fund, c/o Dr. John Growdon, Dept. of
Neurology, MGH, 55 Fruit St., Boston, MA 02114. ARRANGEMENTS BY DOLAN
FUNERAL HOME 978-251-4041. Guestbook and Obituary at
www.dolanfuneralhome.com
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