Hogan

William Myron Hogan, 86, of 301 Wilson Ave. died at 4:50 p.m. Thursday at Sunnyview Home.

Born Nov. 29, 1919, in West Monterey, Pa., he was the son of Milton Floyd Hogan and Edna Sarah Elizabeth Libengood Hogan.

Mr. Hogan was an electrical engineer for West Penn Power Co. and retired in 1983.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.

During World War II, Mr. Hogan served as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army Air Corps as a glider pilot and participated in the D-Day invasion of Normandy and the European theater.

He was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned bachelor of science and master of science degrees in electrical engineering.

He was a member and past master of Victory Lodge 694, F. & A.M., and a past high priest of Royal Arch Chapter 273, Butler.

He was a member of Lorraine Commandry and Masonic Council 61, both in Butler.

Mr. Hogan also was a member of the Butler Elks Lodge 170 and various golf leagues.

Mr. Hogan is survived by a son, Dennis G. Hogan and his wife, Valerie; two daughters, M. Diane Paraska and her husband, James, and Lisa E. McCarren and her husband, Fred, of Butler; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Bernice Elnora Mohney Hogan, whom he married on March 14, 1942, and who died April 3, 2004.

<B>HOGAN </B>— Friends of William Myron Hogan, who died Thursday, June 1, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc.</B>, 124 E. North St.Services will be held at the First United Methodist Church at 11 a.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. Dr. J. David Panther of First United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Butler County Memorial Park.Officers and members of the Victory Lodge F. & A.M. will meet at the funeral home at 6:45 p.m. Monday for a Masonic service.Memorial donations may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 200 E. North St., Butler, PA 16001.