Brian A. LTC Loy

Loy, LTC Brian A., entered eternal life on October 9, 2011. Brian was born September 15, 1939 in Jackson, MS. Brian lived his life according to the code he learned as a military man - LOVE, HONOR, COUNTRY. His career assignments took him all over the world including Germany, Russia, and many stateside assignments and Vietnam. Brian was also a Green Beret. He retired from the military at Fort Leavenworth in 1981, and began a second career working for the Department of Defense. Brian was a lifelong student and held degrees from Tulane University, and Master degrees from the University of Colorado and Webster. He was fluent in Russian and German. He was an instructor and author for Russian Soviet studies at the US Army command General Staff College in Leavenworth, Kansas. Brian was a soldiers soldier. He inspired his men in peace and in war with his leadership. He was a good and caring father and husband. He will be greatly missed by his wife, daughter, family and friends. He was a member of MOAA Wichita, OBS Leavenworth, 50th Special Forces Group, Therapy Dogs, Int., and volunteered at many local organizations. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Helen Loy, and his sister, Andrea Sausser. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; daughter, Krista Onofrio, her husband Matt, and grandsons, Nicholas and Michael. There will be a Rosary service 7:30 P.M. Wednesday, October 12, and Mass of Christian Burial 10:00 A.M. Thursday, October 13, both at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established with the Disabled American Veterans, P.O. Box 16061, Wichita, Kansas, 67216, and the Kansas Humane Society, 3313 North Hillside, Wichita, Kansas, 67219. Downing Lahey Mortuary East. Rosary service 7:30 P.M. Wednesday at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. Inurnment 1:00 P.M. Thursday at Lakeview Mausoleum.