Michael R. O'Connor

Michael (Mike) Roland O""Connor, 92 Retired Railroad Conductor Lakeland- Mr. Michael ""Mike"" O""Connor was a World War II veteran who commanded a landing craft in seven Pacific invasions and accompanied Admiral Richard Bird on Operation Highjump to map and explore Antarctica. Additionally, he retired from the Seaboard Coastline Railroad. Mr. O""Connor was born in Puerto Castillo, Honduras, on December 8, 1923, and died of natural causes on January 16, 2016, at Hawthorne Inn ALF located in Lakeland, FL. He was 92. He was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Sarah Ann O""Connor; father and mother, William Hugh and Petrona O""Connor; brother, William Hugh O""Connor, Jr.; sisters, Alice Young and Mary Louise Rowe; and one grandchild, Ryan Shea O""Connor. He is survived by his sister, Teresa Cash; sons, Ron O""Connor (Andrea) and Glenn O""Connor (Becky); and six grandchildren: Michael O""Connor (Amber), Brittany Finkbeiner (Chris), Jillian Green Nelson (Aaron), Kristin O""Connor, Jordan O""Connor, and Jaclyn O""Connor; as well as two great-grandchildren, Robert O""Connor and Harrison Finkbeiner. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project " woundedwarriorproject.org Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at Heath Funeral Chapel Tribute Center, 328 S. Ingraham Avenue, Lakeland. Services will be Wednesday, January 20, 2016, at 10 a.m. in the Chapel at First Baptist Church at the Mall, 1010 East Memorial Blvd, Lakeland Service: 01/20/2016 Chapel at First Baptist Church at the Mall 1010 East Memorial Blvd, Lakeland, FL, 33801 Heath Funeral Chapel Tribute Center Visitation: 01/19/2016 Heath Funeral Chapel Tribute Center