George E. Sr. Laham
November 2, 2010
Laham, Sr. George E., fell asleep in the Lord, Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Funeral Service will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 6 at St. George Orthodox Christian Cathedral. Graveside service will follow at Old Mission Cemetery. Born in 1926, he was a WWII veteran and spent his professional life in the real estate business. Preceded in death by parents, Esa and Miriam (Shaheen) Laham, brother, Sam Laham and sister, Mabel Mamey. Survivors: daughters, Elena Laham Somerhalder (Greg) of Wichita and Tracie Laham Vance (David) of Colleyville, TX; sons, George Laham II of Wichita and Steven Laham of Dallas, TX; grandchildren, Tyler, Brandon and Alexa Somerhalder and Julia Green. A memorial has been established with St. Mary Orthodox Christian Church, 344 S Martinson, Wichita, KS, 67213. Downing Lahey Mortuary East.
Graveside service will follow at Old Mission Cemetery.
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Dear Laham Family, I was saddened by the recent news of the passing of George Sr. This may seem odd coming from me because I am out of any recent contact with your family. However, I have fond memories of your family dating way back to Martinson Elementary. I actually barely knew George Sr. But I can tell he was of great character and worked very hard to provide for and protect his Family. Mary, I remember you as a wonderful mommy to your kids and ‘Room Mother’ to me at the hot dog luncheons You could put a mean scalding on a weinie. Tracie, you were fun loving and always laughing at something. George Jr., You were scrappy and competitive, which has served you well in life. Elena, sweetness always oozed out of you. That is probably why I had that crush on you in grade school. My Wife, Shelly and I pray for peace and comfort for your Family during this time and I think God is smiling down on all of you. God Bless All of You.
Elena, I read your name in the obituary for your father and it brought back memories of an Elena Laham I taught nearly 40 years ago at Hadley. If you are the same person, you may remember that you and your mother invited me to a Palm Sunday or Easter Service at St. Mary’s Orthodox Church in what was for me a new experience having never been to an Orthodox service. And you also invited me to the ST. Mary’s fund raising dinner where I ate Middle Eastern food and baklava for the first time. So I have very fond memories of those experiences to this day. I am so sorry to hear about the death of your father. I hope you and your family have many cherished memories to carry you thought the many days and years to come with him no longer on this earth. I know it is never easy losing a parent, but I know you can feel grateful to have had your dad for so much of your life (I lost mine just a couple of years after having you as a student.) I will be unable to attend his funeral as I have another funeral, of a very dear principal I worked under in the school system whose funeral starts about an hour later. But know that I shall be thinking also of you and sending my thoughts of support. IF you have the chance during your time in Wichita or even after your return home, I would love to hear from you and find out about your life. So often we never get that opportunity as teachers, but I imagine you have been very successful at whatever you have done because you were such a good student and lovely human being when you were n junior high school. I am sure nothign changed that in you. My home number is 684-2109 and my email is g.deatrick@sbcglobal.net. Sincerely, ‘Ms Deatrick’
We were so shocked to hear of George’s passing. We will miss our visits with him and his history lessons he would give! His knowledge never ceased to amaze and we will miss him greatly. God Bless.
Elena, Tracie, George & Steven, I always thought alot of your Dad, he was a good man. My thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time. I still feel very close to you guys, even though we don’t see each other very often.
I will always remember George for the soft spoken gentleman he was. We were realtor, in different companies, but completing a deal on a new house he had listed. Very easy, smooth deal thanks to George and his kindness. He will be missed.
I am so sorry for the loss of your father/ grandfather. You are all in our prayers.