Sun, The (Baltimore, MD) - Saturday, March 13, 1993
Karl R. Acton
Retired postal worker
Karl R. Acton, who retired as an Army master sergeant and later as a postal worker, died March 6 of liver failure at a hospital at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
The 73-year-old Glen Burnie resident was being flown back t Walter Reed Army Medical Center March 4 from a Pittsburgh hospital where he had been evaluated for a possible liver transplant when the flight was diverted to Texas because of bad weather.
Born and reared in Xenia, Ohio, he retired from the Army as military police officer in 1973 after 27 years of service, including duty in Vietnam. He then worked until about 1980 as a sorter at the Glen Burnie Post Office.
Services were to be conducted at noon today at the Singleton Funeral Home, 1 Second Ave. S.W., Glen Burnie.
Mr. Acton is survived by his wife of 38 years, the former Anneliese Schneider; a son, Michael R. Acton of Glen Burnie; a brother, James Acton of Houghton Lake, Mich.; and three sisters, Margaret McGee of Monrovia, Calif., Madeline Portney of Green Valley, Ariz., and Wilma-Jean Gordon of Pleasant Hill, Tenn.∼Karl, was a sargent in the US Army, located in FT Belvior, VA. Army investigating service. Married to my mother Ophelia s. acton. Had two children: Stephen R. Acton and Yvonne M. Acton.
Karl R. Acton
Retired postal worker
Karl R. Acton, who retired as an Army master sergeant and later as a postal worker, died March 6 of liver failure at a hospital at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
The 73-year-old Glen Burnie resident was being flown back t Walter Reed Army Medical Center March 4 from a Pittsburgh hospital where he had been evaluated for a possible liver transplant when the flight was diverted to Texas because of bad weather.
Born and reared in Xenia, Ohio, he retired from the Army as military police officer in 1973 after 27 years of service, including duty in Vietnam. He then worked until about 1980 as a sorter at the Glen Burnie Post Office.
Services were to be conducted at noon today at the Singleton Funeral Home, 1 Second Ave. S.W., Glen Burnie.
Mr. Acton is survived by his wife of 38 years, the former Anneliese Schneider; a son, Michael R. Acton of Glen Burnie; a brother, James Acton of Houghton Lake, Mich.; and three sisters, Margaret McGee of Monrovia, Calif., Madeline Portney of Green Valley, Ariz., and Wilma-Jean Gordon of Pleasant Hill, Tenn.∼Karl, was a sargent in the US Army, located in FT Belvior, VA. Army investigating service. Married to my mother Ophelia s. acton. Had two children: Stephen R. Acton and Yvonne M. Acton.
Sun, The (Baltimore, MD) - Saturday, March 13, 1993
Karl R. Acton
Retired postal worker
Karl R. Acton, who retired as an Army master sergeant and later as a postal worker, died March 6 of liver failure at a hospital at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
The 73-year-old Glen Burnie resident was being flown back t Walter Reed Army Medical Center March 4 from a Pittsburgh hospital where he had been evaluated for a possible liver transplant when the flight was diverted to Texas because of bad weather.
Born and reared in Xenia, Ohio, he retired from the Army as military police officer in 1973 after 27 years of service, including duty in Vietnam. He then worked until about 1980 as a sorter at the Glen Burnie Post Office.
Services were to be conducted at noon today at the Singleton Funeral Home, 1 Second Ave. S.W., Glen Burnie.
Mr. Acton is survived by his wife of 38 years, the former Anneliese Schneider; a son, Michael R. Acton of Glen Burnie; a brother, James Acton of Houghton Lake, Mich.; and three sisters, Margaret McGee of Monrovia, Calif., Madeline Portney of Green Valley, Ariz., and Wilma-Jean Gordon of Pleasant Hill, Tenn.∼Karl, was a sargent in the US Army, located in FT Belvior, VA. Army investigating service. Married to my mother Ophelia s. acton. Had two children: Stephen R. Acton and Yvonne M. Acton.
Karl R. Acton
Retired postal worker
Karl R. Acton, who retired as an Army master sergeant and later as a postal worker, died March 6 of liver failure at a hospital at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
The 73-year-old Glen Burnie resident was being flown back t Walter Reed Army Medical Center March 4 from a Pittsburgh hospital where he had been evaluated for a possible liver transplant when the flight was diverted to Texas because of bad weather.
Born and reared in Xenia, Ohio, he retired from the Army as military police officer in 1973 after 27 years of service, including duty in Vietnam. He then worked until about 1980 as a sorter at the Glen Burnie Post Office.
Services were to be conducted at noon today at the Singleton Funeral Home, 1 Second Ave. S.W., Glen Burnie.
Mr. Acton is survived by his wife of 38 years, the former Anneliese Schneider; a son, Michael R. Acton of Glen Burnie; a brother, James Acton of Houghton Lake, Mich.; and three sisters, Margaret McGee of Monrovia, Calif., Madeline Portney of Green Valley, Ariz., and Wilma-Jean Gordon of Pleasant Hill, Tenn.∼Karl, was a sargent in the US Army, located in FT Belvior, VA. Army investigating service. Married to my mother Ophelia s. acton. Had two children: Stephen R. Acton and Yvonne M. Acton.
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