Birth date: Apr 11, 1924 Death date: Jan 29, 2017
Samuel M. Atcherson, 92, of Bowie, MD passed away peacefully on 01/29/2017 at the Annapolitan and now rests in peace with his beloved wife, Betty, and all his favorite dogs including Freckles, Bye and Corky. Born in Tomahawk, WI, Read Obituary
Mark, Ray, Paul and Scott,
I saw your Dad's obit in the Bowie Blade last night and I am sorry for your loss. I remember going fishing with Paul, Scott and Frank L. at Allen's pond back in the 60's and we caught an eel. We brought the eel to your dad and he cooked it up and had dinner. That was my first exposer to the great outdoors, so it was forever embedded in my mine. Good times and great memories.
May your Dad R. I. P.
Dave Rowland
Bowie, Maryland
"Deepest Sympathy to your family God's Word says, "He will swallow up death forever, and wipe away the tears from all faces " Isa. 25:8.....
Dad never talked much about the War, but was proud to have served with the Seabees in the South Pacific. He’d tell the story of his ship being caught in a Hugh storm out at sea and soon the entire crew was too seasick to perform their duties except himself and the captain, but soon the captain, too, succumbed and Sam had to single handily steer the floundering ship to safety. So, he often said that “when things get too tough for most men, they get just right for me”.
I worked with Sam at Singer-Link from 1977-1984. The “Program Office” for simulators for the engine control room and electrical systems for the DD-963 Spruance class destroyers consisted of Pete Kolosky (Program Manager), Sam (Program Engineer), myself (Program Administrator), and various secretaries. Sam was a talented engineer who ensured that the simulators were built on-schedule and according to the specs. We were a good team that provided a good product to the Navy and made a profit for Singer-Link. I only saw Sam a couple of times since 1984 at various Link reunions, and he was always the same cheerful and optimistic personality that I worked with for several years. I didn’t really know Sam outside of work but was very impressed that he took such an interest in ballroom dancing in his 50s; he was very energetic!
Here’s a funny memory about Sam. Pete Kolosky loved golf and incorporated golf into many business trips to Florida. For several years, Pete would schedule meetings with the customer during the Bay Hill Classic in Orlando so that he could go to the tournament. Naturally, Sam would be part of the team on most of these trips (although I was not). At the tournament, Sam started following pro-golfer Morris Hatalsky. Hatalsky was playing poorly and Sam made a comment to him at some point. Whatever transpired, Hatalsky had a disastrous round and did poorly at the tournament. The following year, when Hatalsky saw Sam following him again, he got very upset and again played poorly. Who knows what power Sam had over this golfer…..This story became part of the folklore of the Link golfers!
Though I have not seen Sam in many, many years, I am confident that he was a wonderful father, grandfather, great grandfather and family figure. His almost 93 years on this earth had to have been a life well lived, and I believe the family’s grieving will be short lived when considering their great memories of Sam. Rest in peace, Sam.
Tim Kruzic
Wow. I can't say enough good things about Mr Atcherson, or Pop#2 for me.
He taught Paul about car mechanics, whom taught it to me. Paul's 56 Chevy and my 55 Chevy. Constantly rebuilding frontends after wrecking and Paul rebuilding his 365ci. Strongly involved Scout master. Taught me how to skin a deer.
Flight simulator tech rep. For Singer Link. He advised Paul & I to join the Air Force and get a guaranteed job in some kind of electronics. We both went into a technical field called "Fire control systems". In basic training, before technical school, I wondered why fire control equipment required 6 months of electronics training. Then found out the fire control system controlled bombs and missiles to their target!
Later, I cross-trained into flight simulator maintenance--the same as Pop#2. After 20 years Air Force, I hired on with CAE-Link; a remnant of pop#2's company.
I learned a lot from him. He was a great man. Always willing to share information.
When I lived with the Atcherson's for 4 months (Paul and I swapped parents), Sam taught me quite a lot about cars, electrics, and hunting dogs. He also taught me how to avoid the dreaded shopping list. Scott warned me about it, but Sam helped us avoid it. Ha.
And I especially remember Sam's favorite dog, Freckles. She was a Goooood dog! Just like her master.
Thanks for everything, Sam.
Ill miss you.
Carl Michael Portch
I used to fly fish with Sam on the Brule years back, and we would talk about hunting and and being in the woods......nice memories. Our love to all of children, grand children and extended family.
