Charles Austin Platzer

Charles A. Platzer died on July 2, 2014. He was a resident of Queenstown, MD. Born on August 28, 1915, in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Charles B. Platzer and Myrtle Platzer. He moved to Glen Burnie, MD, in 1920 and graduated from Glen Burnie High School in 1934. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps and was honorably discharged. He was a salesman for H.J. Heinz Company, Ligget & Myers Tobacco Company and Whitman Candy Company. He married the late Lillian E. (Klein) Platzer, she predeceased him in 1986. They had four children, Diane Diller and Charles A. Platzer, Jr. (Happy), both deceased, and Barbara Lee Bahner and Patricia Vizzini. He was the proud grandfather of four, Christine Lamolinara, Russell Bahner, Jr., Jennifer Sherman, Cynthia Ogden; and nine great-grandchildren, Bethany, Dominic, Alison, Madelyn, Austin, Emily, Brett, Hannah, and Jordan. He was active in political and civic affairs in Anne Arundel County, being vice Chairman and Chairman of the Anne Arundel Sanitary Commission and President of the Glen Burnie Rotary Club. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater aboard a C.V.E (escort Carrier), the C.V.E. U.S.S. Altamaha and was honorably discharged in 1945. He returned to the Whitman Candy Company and later retired. He married Shirley (Lee) Williams in 1969 and has two stepsons, Kerry and Brian Williams; a step grandson, Christopher; and step-granddaughter, Leigh Williams. He later became a salesman for Tate Chrysler and later sales manager for Flynn & Emerick, Inc. Later, he moved to Howard County at which time he operated Aladdin Village Mobile Home Park with his father. After the death of his father and the sale of the park, he retired to the Eastern Shore. He was a member of Doric Lodge #124 A.F. & A.M., the Scottish Rite Valley of Baltimore, Boumi Temple Shrine (all over 50 years). He was also appointed Ambassador of Boumi Temple. He was a member of Boumi Yacht Club, Kent Island Yacht Club, Prospect Bay Country Club and Yacht Club, American Legion #278, V.F.W.#7464, Life member of B.P.O. Elks #622, Annapolis, Maryland, and Moose Lodge #831. He enjoyed golf with M.I.S.G.A (Maryland Interclub Senior Golf Association). He was a member of Immanuel United Methodist Church in Grasonville, MD, where services will be held on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Queen Anne’s, 255 Comet Drive, Centreville, MD 21617. Interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery with Lee.

Charles Austin Platzer

August 28, 1915 - July 2, 2014