Name: Louis Paul Rinkus Date: December 9th, 1920 - February 17th, 2010 Obituary: Louis Paul Rinkus, 89, died peacefully on February 17, 2010 in the Hospice Care Unit at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga after a long decline. He was born on December 9, 1920 to the late Louis and Anna Renkus in Pittsburgh PA. He was graduated from Mount Lebanon High School and enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh until the outbreak of World War II, when he served as a US Navy Blimp Pilot attaining the rank of Commander. Following the war, he returned to college and was graduated from Clark University in Worcester MA and earned a graduate degree at the University of Wisconsin. After a thirty year career with the Central Intelligence Agency, Lou and his wife retired to Asheville in 1980. He was ordained a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church and served many years at St Eugene’s Parish. He was a member of the Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus. Lou Rinkus did pastoral counseling in the Western North Carolina prison system, and he was an adjunct instructor of mathematics at the Asheville Buncombe Technical College. Lou was for many years a member of the Grove Park Inn Golf Club. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Else and two brothers, Anthony and Eric. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mary Finnegan Rinkus of Chattanooga TN, two children, Carolyn Rinkus Thompson and spouse Roger G Brown of Chattanooga TN and Paul F Rinkus and spouse Sharon Haber Rinkus of Shrewsbury MA as well as four grandchildren Caroline A. Thompson of Los Angeles CA, J. Austin Thompson of Johnson City TN, and Christopher L. Rinkus and Alexander S. Rinkus both of Washington D.C. A family memorial service will be held in Asheville in the Spring. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes that you donate to the Hospice of Chattanooga. Visit www.heritagefh.com to share words of comfort to the family. Arrangements by Heritage Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 7454 E. Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421.