Horst Leonard Lechler, former
Board member of the Derek Hughes/NAPSLO Educational Foundation and president of
NAPSLO member firm Anderson & Murison of Pasadena, Calif., passed away on
Nov. 29 while on vacation in Boulder, Colo., according to the Insurance
Journal.
Lechler
started his insurance career with Houston Insurance and then for 37 years
worked for Anderson & Murison as partner and later president. He served on
the Board of the Foundation from 2000 to 2009 and was also actively involved in
other industry and charitable organizations, serving as past president or
director for the California Surplus Line Association, the American Association
of Managing General Agents, the San Gabriel Chapter of CPCU, and the Pasadena
Kiwanis Club.
Lechler was born in Wuppertal,
Germany, on November 12, 1939 and came to the U.S. when he was 19. He
served in the U.S. Army and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1967. Lechler is survived by his wife Ginny, and daughters
Kristine Supple, Kathleen Hopper, son Mark Lechler, stepdaughter Robin Hooge,
and four grandchildren.
A celebration of Lechler’s life
will be held on Jan. 11, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at Our Savior Lutheran Church in
Arcadia, Calif. A reception will follow at the Valley Hunt Club in Pasadena.
In-lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Huntington Hospital Ambulatory
Care Unit 626.397.3241 or The Salvation Army 562.264.3679.
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