Obituaries from Gazette.net, October 2003: Prince George’s Co., MD

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*****Oct. 16, 2003*****

Alvin Lucchi, 87, a retired Army colonel, died of kidney failure on October 11 
at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. 
  Lucchi received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Fordham University in 1937 and 
a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1939. 
  Lucchi was a decorated combat veteran who served in the South Pacific Theater 
of World War II as a battalion commander in the coast artillery. After the war, 
he remained in the region, assisting in the administration of civil education 
programs in Japan and Korea.
  Lucchi held positions in the Bowie city government, the Maryland Motor Vehicle 
Administration and the Prince George's County Department of Social Services.
  In addition to his wife, Rita Lucchi of Annapolis, Col. Lucchi is survived by 
his son, Leonard Lucchi, former County Attorney for Prince George's County, his 
daughter-in-law, Brenda Beitzell Lucchi, his grandson, Michael Lucchi, and his 
granddaughter, Elena Lucchi, all of Bowie.