Joseph Richard Lamonde

U.S. MARINE Navy Captain/ MONSIGNOR JOSEPH LAMONDE,
Age 73 OF MOUNT LEBANON PASSED AWAY ON PEACEFULLY ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2021, IN VINCENTIAN MARION MANOR AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. JOE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF 9 CHILDREN, SON OF THE LATE LOUIS AND ELIZABETH LAMONDE, BROTHER OF THE LATE ALBERT LAMONDE, LOUIS LAMONDE, JOHN LAMONDE AND SISTER, ROSEMARY HUMPHREYS LAMONDE. JOE IS SURVIVED BY BROTHERS; JAMES LAMONDE, REGIS LAMONDE AND SISTERS; THERESA LUVARA LAMONDE AND ELLEN (BILL) MCGRAW LAMONDE, SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND GODFATHER TO NEPHEW, KEVIN MCGRAW.

BORN AND RAISED IN THE OAKLAND AREA OF PITTSBURGH, JOE ATTENDED ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL AND CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM ST. FRANCIS OF LORETTA. ON MAY 4TH, 1974, HE WAS ORDAINED A PRIEST. JOE SERVED LOCALLY FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN PARISHES IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA. AT THE ADVICE OF HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW BILL, JOE HAD A GIFT THAT COULD BE SERVICED IN THE MILITARY. JOE SPENT 30 YEARS AS CHAPLAIN IN THE U.S. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS (HE LOVED THE MARINE CORPS). JOE WAS NAMED THE 13TH CHAPLAIN OF THE MARINE CORPS, BY THE COMMANDANT GENERAL KRULAK. JOE SERVED ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS SARATOGA DURING THE GULF WAR. HE HAD NUMEROUS DUTY STATIONS THROUGH OUT THE WORLD AND THE UNITED STATES. THE MCGRAW AND LAMONDE FAMILIES WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF AT VINCENTIAN MARION MANOR, LEVEL C-2, FOR THE CARE AND COMPASSION GIVEN TO NAVY CAPT. LAMONDE. LAMONDE WAS NAMED HONORARY PRELATE PRELATE WITH THE TITLE OF REVERAND MONSIGNOR BY POPE JOHN PAUL II

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