O'NEIL, COL. PAUL F.: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice St. Petersburg Times (FL) - March 3, 1988 Deceased Name: O'NEIL, COL. PAUL F. O'NEIL, COL. PAUL F., 70, of 1359 80th St. S, St. Petersburg, died Tuesday (March 1, 1988) at St. Anthony's Hospital. Born in New York City, he came here in 1967 from St. Louis after he retired from the U.S. Army with 27 years' service. Locally, he was chief of construction for the city of St. Petersburg from 1967 to 1982. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1940 and received his master's degree in science from Harvard University. He was a member of the Knight s of Columbus and St. John's Catholic Church, St. Petersburg Beach. Survivors include his wife, Mary C.; three daughters, Penny Meskunas and Kathy Lang, both of Dallas, and Patty Easton, St. Petersburg; four sons, Paul F. Jr., Kansas City, Mo., Michae l J., Largo, and Robert J. and Danny B., both of St. Petersburg; two brothers, Cosmo, Atlantic Highlands, N.J., and Leo, Hartford, Conn.; and 14 grandchildren. Thomas J. Brett Funeral Home, St. Petersburg.