LtGen Anthony Lukeman passes Nov.11

Lieutenant General Anthony Lukeman

Lukeman

Lieutenant General Anthony Lukeman, USMC (Ret), 87, of Gainesville, VA died November 11, 2020. He was born March 24,1933 in Jamaica, NY to the late Gerald Lukeman and Marjorie Rice Lukeman.

He was the former executive director of the Marine Corps Association (MCA) from December 1988 to August 1998. The MCA publishes The Gazette and Leatherneck Magazine of the Marines.

From the MCA website:

…”LtGen Lukeman computerized the MCA and kept the business side going, but he took pride in reading every word before both magazines were published.

“I was thrilled to be in the company of writers. There is nothing more important than informing Marines,” said the soft-spoken retired Marine.

When he departed in 1998, the Gazette staff presented LtGen Lukeman with a bronze plaque of his final Gazette editorial. “In appreciation for the 115 issues that you so diligently proofread. We thought it only appropriate to return the favor — we could find no errors in this editorial.”

“The two magazines were the most important part of my job,” LtGen Lukeman recalled. “You could be 22 or 90 years old, they bound the generations of Marines. That’s what makes us a special breed.”

The family will be having a memorial service at Moser Funeral Home on Nov. 19 at 1300.
Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Ave, Warrenton, VA 20186.

The burial will take place at Quantico National Cemetery afterward at 1430.
Quantico National Cemetery, 18424 Joplin Road, Triangle, VA 22172

A tribute wall is available at www.moserfuneralhome.com