Kathryn Margaret Acton, 74, a librarian at St. Ignatius School in Oxon Hill in the 1970s and 1980s, died of cancer July 16 at the home of a son in Hughesville.
She was born in Altoona, Pa., and raised in Alexandria, where she graduated from St. Mary's Academy. She was a secretary at the General Accounting Office in the 1940s.
She was a member of St. Ignatius Catholic Church and volunteered at the school.
Her husband, George Harvey Acton, died in 1981.
Survivors include six children, George Acton Jr. of Arlington, John Acton of Hughesville, Karen Beckner of Glen Allen, Va., Gregory Acton of Fort Washington, Gerald Acton of Marathon, Fla., and Janice Smith of Columbus, Ind.; two brothers; 16 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The Washington Post July 18, 2001.
She was born in Altoona, Pa., and raised in Alexandria, where she graduated from St. Mary's Academy. She was a secretary at the General Accounting Office in the 1940s.
She was a member of St. Ignatius Catholic Church and volunteered at the school.
Her husband, George Harvey Acton, died in 1981.
Survivors include six children, George Acton Jr. of Arlington, John Acton of Hughesville, Karen Beckner of Glen Allen, Va., Gregory Acton of Fort Washington, Gerald Acton of Marathon, Fla., and Janice Smith of Columbus, Ind.; two brothers; 16 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The Washington Post July 18, 2001.
Kathryn Margaret Acton, 74, a librarian at St. Ignatius School in Oxon Hill in the 1970s and 1980s, died of cancer July 16 at the home of a son in Hughesville.
She was born in Altoona, Pa., and raised in Alexandria, where she graduated from St. Mary's Academy. She was a secretary at the General Accounting Office in the 1940s.
She was a member of St. Ignatius Catholic Church and volunteered at the school.
Her husband, George Harvey Acton, died in 1981.
Survivors include six children, George Acton Jr. of Arlington, John Acton of Hughesville, Karen Beckner of Glen Allen, Va., Gregory Acton of Fort Washington, Gerald Acton of Marathon, Fla., and Janice Smith of Columbus, Ind.; two brothers; 16 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The Washington Post July 18, 2001.
She was born in Altoona, Pa., and raised in Alexandria, where she graduated from St. Mary's Academy. She was a secretary at the General Accounting Office in the 1940s.
She was a member of St. Ignatius Catholic Church and volunteered at the school.
Her husband, George Harvey Acton, died in 1981.
Survivors include six children, George Acton Jr. of Arlington, John Acton of Hughesville, Karen Beckner of Glen Allen, Va., Gregory Acton of Fort Washington, Gerald Acton of Marathon, Fla., and Janice Smith of Columbus, Ind.; two brothers; 16 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The Washington Post July 18, 2001.
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