William F. Lohman , 87, died Friday, February 15, 2008 at the VA Medical Center Lyons. Born in Brooklyn New York, he resided in Valley Stream Long Island for 39 years before moving to Branchburg fifteen years ago. A Navy Veteran of WWII, he served in the Normandy Invasion. William retired from the New York City Police Department as a Police Officer after twenty years. He then worked for thirteen years with the Joint Independent Board Electric Industry of New York Local # 3, retiring in 1981. He was a former member of The American Legion Post of Long Island, New York and a former little league coach in Long Island. William enjoyed spending quality time with his family, especially his grandchildren. He was a communicant of St. Bernard's R.C. Church of Bridgewater. He was preceded in death by his sister, Marilyn Argue in 2007. Surviving are his beloved wife of 60 years, Cathleen Cunningham Lohman, his cherished sons, Bill and wife, Pat, of Basking Ridge, NJ, Tim, and wife, Lisa, of St. Louis, Missouri, Kevin, and wife, Natasha Flechsig, of Santa Cruz, California, his loving daughter, Cathy Rijo, and husband, Guido, of Basking Ridge, his loving grandchildren, Jay, Dan, Ashley, Lauren, Stephen, Andrea, Brianna, Liam, and Cole, his beloved sister, Frances Pianto of Centereach, Long Island, New York, and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will begin with a prayer Wednesday at 9:15 AM at the Branchburg Funeral Home, 910 Rt. 202 South, Branchburg, New Jersey, (908)-526-7638, followed by a 10:00 AM funeral liturgy at St. Bernard R.C. Church, 500 Rt. 22 East, Bridgewater. Interment will follow in the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery Arnytown, New Jersey. Visitation will be Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made in William's memory to the VA Medical Center, 151 Knollcroft Road, Lyons, NJ, 07019. To send a lasting tribute or condolences to the Lohman family, please sign the online guestbook. Click "Sign Guestbook" below.