AGE 91 YEARS
UNITED STATES VETERAN OF WW II
Louis E. Axtman Jr. of Stow, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 13, 2018.
He was the loving husband of Wendy A. (Burt) Axtman. Father of Jenny Axtman of Lowell; Hilary W. of Alaska; Louis E. Axtman III of Ayer;
grandfather of 3 grandchildren, brother of Albert Axtman of Webster.
He was predeceased by his daughter Sarah Blake, Brother Richard "Billy" Axtman and Sister Barbara Stillwell.
Louis was the son of the late Louis Edward and Jenny (Hunt) Axtman.
He was raised and educated in Framingham, graduating from Framingham High School, class of 1945. Louis enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces and proudly served his country in WWII.
Upon returning home he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute and graduated in 1955 with a Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering. Louis and Wendy met in Paris in 1962 and married on April 5, 1963. The couple settled in Stow and raised their family together.
Louis worked as a Civil Engineer for the United States Corps of Engineers and for the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a total of thirty-five years, retiring in May 1987.
A graveside service at Stow Lower Village Cemetery.
Published in The Boston Globe on Sept. 16, 2018
AGE 91 YEARS
UNITED STATES VETERAN OF WW II
Louis E. Axtman Jr. of Stow, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 13, 2018.
He was the loving husband of Wendy A. (Burt) Axtman. Father of Jenny Axtman of Lowell; Hilary W. of Alaska; Louis E. Axtman III of Ayer;
grandfather of 3 grandchildren, brother of Albert Axtman of Webster.
He was predeceased by his daughter Sarah Blake, Brother Richard "Billy" Axtman and Sister Barbara Stillwell.
Louis was the son of the late Louis Edward and Jenny (Hunt) Axtman.
He was raised and educated in Framingham, graduating from Framingham High School, class of 1945. Louis enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces and proudly served his country in WWII.
Upon returning home he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute and graduated in 1955 with a Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering. Louis and Wendy met in Paris in 1962 and married on April 5, 1963. The couple settled in Stow and raised their family together.
Louis worked as a Civil Engineer for the United States Corps of Engineers and for the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a total of thirty-five years, retiring in May 1987.
A graveside service at Stow Lower Village Cemetery.
Published in The Boston Globe on Sept. 16, 2018
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