Memorial Rites For William Olney Lacy Are Announced

Memorial services for Lieutenant William O. Lacy, 22-year-old Oklahoma City fighter pilot who was killed over Germany in 1944, will be at 2 pm Wednesday in the Lincoln Terrace Christian church with burial in Fairlawn cemetery. The body will lie in state from 4 to 8 pm Tuesday in the church.

Lacy was 'born in Kiowa county. Aug. 28, 1922. His family moved to Oklahoma City shortly after his birth and he attended city schools, graduating from Northeast highschool. In 1942, while attending North Central college, he entered the army air force and was sent to the Canal Zone where he was seriously injured in a plane accident. Lacy went overseas In July 1944. and was shot down by anti-aircraft fire over Germany while strafing an airdrome. Previously he had been awarded the Air Medal with an oak leaf cluster.

He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Lacy. 4500 N Kelley: two brothers', Dan, 801 NW 48. and John, a student at the University of Oklahoma: one sister. Mrs. Nolan Armstrong. Kansas City. Mo., and his Grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Olney, Edmond.

Local arrangements are by Guardian funeral home.