Lloyd L. Specht, age 92, of Piqua, passed away Friday, April 19, 2019, at his rural Piqua home. Lloyd was born on April 21, 1926, in Piqua, to Carl E. Specht and Mary Louise Konen Specht.
Lloyd attended school in Piqua, Neosho Falls, and Iola. He joined the Army and served his country from 1944 to 1946. Lloyd and Rose Matilda Tillie Wille were married on June 9, 1952.
A highlight of Lloyds life was to travel to Washington, D.C., on the Honor Flight in 2008. Lloyd was met there by World War II veteran and former U.S. Senator Bob Dole.
Lloyd loved playing baseball in his younger years and he loved dancing in his later years. In 1949, Lloyds Piqua baseball team won the Bronson Tournament, qualifying them to go to the NBC Tournament in Wichita. The winnings paid to the team were $1,500, which were used to install baseball field lights at Piqua. The Kansas City As donated the lights as well as uniforms to the Piqua team.
Lloyd worked for the MKT Railroad until the 1951 flood. Lloyd was also a substitute rural mail carrier. Lloyd enjoyed farming, raising livestock, and being active in the Knights of Columbus. He was a lifetime member of the Piqua Knights of Columbus, Council No. 2289.
Lloyd was preceded in death by his wife; parents; brother, Archie Specht; and sister, Bernice Wille.
Lloyd is survived by a daughter, Jean Burnett and husband, Frenchie, Ruther Glen, Va.; sons, Jim Specht, Piqua, Darren Specht and wife, Kim, Le Roy; grandchildren, Clifton Wiggins and wife, Theresa, Johnstown, Colo., Isaac Specht and husband, Greg Walker, Kansas City, Mo., Hannah Pommier and husband, Alan, Pittsburg, Jeremiah Specht, Kansas, Micah Specht, Piqua, and Paul Krieger and wife, Brittany, Wellington; eight great-grandchildren; sister, Mary Louise Babe Collins, Fredonia; brother, Hank Specht, Shawnee Mission, Frank Specht and wife, Mandy, Iola; and numerous other nieces and nephews.
A visitation will be from 6 to 8 oclock tonight at The Venue at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 US Highway 54, Iola. A rosary will be recited at 10 a.m. Wednesday, at St. Martins Oratory, 1368 Xylan Rd., Piqua, followed by a Mass of Christian burial at 10:30 a.m. Burial with military honors will follow the Mass in St. Martins Cemetery, Piqua.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to St. Martins Oratory or to a Mass in honor of Lloyd, and may be left with Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Iola.
Condolences for the family may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.
