Celebrating the life of
Julia Byrnes Lingenfelser
April 21, 2015 - December 11, 2015
Julia Byrnes Lingenfelser, 89, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, December 11, 2015. She is survived by her children and their families: George and his wife Kathy and their son Matthew, Tim and his wife Susan and their children John and Kirby, Julianne Cheaves and her husband Rocky and their children Brian and Julia. She is also survived by her baby brother Jack Byrnes, his wife Mary Ann, her brother-in-law Thomas White, Sr. and many loving nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband George Lingenfelser, Senior. They were married 43 years and lived in Savannah. But first and foremost, she was a “Tybeeite” who would love to talk about playing with her brothers and sisters on the beach as well as frequenting her father’s sandwich shop on “Old Tybee”. She graduated from St. Vincent’s Academy in 1945 and was an active alum. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great aunt. She was a communicant of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church and also volunteered at St. Mary’s home.
Visitation is scheduled from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Monday at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church on Wilmington Island, with Rosary at 6:00 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church.
Interment will follow in Catholic Cemetery.
Remembrances: St. Vincent’s Academy, 207 East Liberty Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401.
My sincere condolences to the Ligenfelser family for the loss of your dear loved one. During this most difficult time, may your hearts be comforted by Jehovah God's promise to swallow up death forever and to wipe away the tears from all faces(Isaiah 25:8).
- Thomas, Snellville, Ga.
So sorry to hear of your loss. Remember your mom so well as we spent our summers swimming together. May her memories bring you comfort.
- Kathy Tison Harmon, Columbia, SC
My sincere condolences to the Ligenfelser family for the loss of your dear loved one. During this most difficult time, may your hearts be comforted by Jehovah God's promise to swallow up death forever and to wipe away the tears from all faces(Isaiah 25:8).
- Thomas, Snellville, Ga.
So sorry to hear of your loss. Remember your mom so well as we spent our summers swimming together. May her memories bring you comfort.
- Kathy Tison Harmon, Columbia, SC
Services under the direction of:
Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel
912-352-7200
