John Edward Lomasney Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

John Edward Lomasney the eldest of seven descendants of Henry Martin and Elizabeth Ann, has died at 3:00 pm on Sunday June 19th, 2022. John Edward was well known to his family and many friends- throughout his 84 years as “Johnny”. He was born in Nashville, TN. - during the WW-II era Johnny started his elementary education within the secret atomic city of Oak Ridge Tennessee. After the war he moved with his family to New Orleans. Between 1946 and 1956 Johnny attended St. James Major Elementary and St. Aloysius High. Later, he served in the U.S. Navy- aboard the USS Snowden, which was stationed at Key West, FL, during the CASTRO/CUBA regime. In the early 60’s he returned to New Orleans to work for General Adhesives Inc., in a production mechanic capacity. Between the 1960’s and 1980’s Johnny had a pioneering entrepreneur role in the startup of the high-performance coating manufacturing firm “Imperial Professional Coatings” where his role was Vice President – Production Technology. This company ultimately became one of America’s “TOP 20” high performance coating manufacturing companies. In the later 1980’s and 1990’s Johnny established and financed the LOBO Construction company; a bulkhead and waterfront development entity, located in the New Orleans East. During the 1990 and 2010 decades, Johnny was employed by Technical Coating Services- an industrial entity that is based in Kenner and whose operations extend throughout the petrochemical regions of the USA. Johnny’s near relatives are his brothers Henry (Jane), William (deceased) (Jackie) and Michael (Barbara) and Sisters Grace, Elizabeth Ann (Betty) (Eddie), and Mary Jo (J. F.). John is the cool uncle to a host of nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. The family’s sincerest gratitude to Lake Town Village and their wonderful staff. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Visitation and Funeral Mass at Divine Mercy Catholic Church, 4337 Sal Lentini Pkwy., Kenner on Thursday, June 30, 2022. Visitation from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m.

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John Edward Lomasney

October 4, 1937 - June 19, 2022