Retired Rear Admiral Ralph Marion Metcalf, 95, died Friday, July 18, 2008, in Los Gatos.
He was born June 27, 1913, in Greenfield to Merrill Buchanan and Lennie Amos Metcalf.
His marriage to the former Helen Achenbach took place Jan. 7, 1939, in Elkton, Md. She survives.
The retired naval officer was a submarine commander assigned to the USS Pogy and USS Loggerhead during World War II. He was awarded two Navy Crosses, a Silver and a Bronze Star, and a Navy Unit Citation while commanding the USS Pogy. After World War II, he worked for Lockheed Missile and Space Corporation and was an account executive with Paine Webber/UBS.
In addition to his wife of 69 years, survivors include one daughter, Marshall Metcalf Seymour; two grandchildren, Peter DuBois Seymour and Randle Bingham Seymour; and three great-grandchildren, Jonathan Bingham Seymour, William Hamilton Seymour and Charles Michael Seymour.
Services were held July 23 at St. Andrews Church in Saratoga, Calif.
Burial will be at a later date in Carrollton.
He was born June 27, 1913, in Greenfield to Merrill Buchanan and Lennie Amos Metcalf.
His marriage to the former Helen Achenbach took place Jan. 7, 1939, in Elkton, Md. She survives.
The retired naval officer was a submarine commander assigned to the USS Pogy and USS Loggerhead during World War II. He was awarded two Navy Crosses, a Silver and a Bronze Star, and a Navy Unit Citation while commanding the USS Pogy. After World War II, he worked for Lockheed Missile and Space Corporation and was an account executive with Paine Webber/UBS.
In addition to his wife of 69 years, survivors include one daughter, Marshall Metcalf Seymour; two grandchildren, Peter DuBois Seymour and Randle Bingham Seymour; and three great-grandchildren, Jonathan Bingham Seymour, William Hamilton Seymour and Charles Michael Seymour.
Services were held July 23 at St. Andrews Church in Saratoga, Calif.
Burial will be at a later date in Carrollton.
Retired Rear Admiral Ralph Marion Metcalf, 95, died Friday, July 18, 2008, in Los Gatos.
He was born June 27, 1913, in Greenfield to Merrill Buchanan and Lennie Amos Metcalf.
His marriage to the former Helen Achenbach took place Jan. 7, 1939, in Elkton, Md. She survives.
The retired naval officer was a submarine commander assigned to the USS Pogy and USS Loggerhead during World War II. He was awarded two Navy Crosses, a Silver and a Bronze Star, and a Navy Unit Citation while commanding the USS Pogy. After World War II, he worked for Lockheed Missile and Space Corporation and was an account executive with Paine Webber/UBS.
In addition to his wife of 69 years, survivors include one daughter, Marshall Metcalf Seymour; two grandchildren, Peter DuBois Seymour and Randle Bingham Seymour; and three great-grandchildren, Jonathan Bingham Seymour, William Hamilton Seymour and Charles Michael Seymour.
Services were held July 23 at St. Andrews Church in Saratoga, Calif.
Burial will be at a later date in Carrollton.
He was born June 27, 1913, in Greenfield to Merrill Buchanan and Lennie Amos Metcalf.
His marriage to the former Helen Achenbach took place Jan. 7, 1939, in Elkton, Md. She survives.
The retired naval officer was a submarine commander assigned to the USS Pogy and USS Loggerhead during World War II. He was awarded two Navy Crosses, a Silver and a Bronze Star, and a Navy Unit Citation while commanding the USS Pogy. After World War II, he worked for Lockheed Missile and Space Corporation and was an account executive with Paine Webber/UBS.
In addition to his wife of 69 years, survivors include one daughter, Marshall Metcalf Seymour; two grandchildren, Peter DuBois Seymour and Randle Bingham Seymour; and three great-grandchildren, Jonathan Bingham Seymour, William Hamilton Seymour and Charles Michael Seymour.
Services were held July 23 at St. Andrews Church in Saratoga, Calif.
Burial will be at a later date in Carrollton.
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