OBIT: Karl C. PECK, 1983, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  KARL C. PECK
  
  Karl C. Peck, a retired teacher and principal with the Baltimore
  County School System, died of cancer at his Sudbrook Park home on
  April 7, 1983.  He was born in Akron, Ohio but finished high school in
  Meyersdale.  After graduating from Frostburg State Teachers College in
  1940, Mr. Peck accepted a teaching position at Catonsville Elementary
  School.  After eight months of teaching he was inducted in the Army
  where he served for four years in Administrative Services.  He
  returned to Catonsville Elementary school for two years, then
  resigned for a year to obtain his Masters in Education at the
  University of Maryland.  Mr. Peck returned to teaching at Franklin
  Elementary School, until he was made a teaching principal at the four
  room Hebbville Elementary school.  In 1955 he became principal of
  Woodlawn Elementary school and in 1965 he became principal of Towson
  Elementary school.  Because of serious eye problems, Mr. Peck retired
  in 1977.  Mr. Peck was a member of many educational organisations
  including Phi Delta Kappa--at the University of Maryland.  For many
  years, Mr. Peck spent his summers on the Baltimore County Department
  of Recreation Playgrounds, first as a playground director and then
  supervisor of Southwestern Baltimore County.  Mr. Peck was a former
  member of the Woodlawn Lions then a charter member of the Windsor,
  Lions Club, where he has served as President and held other offices.
  He served as Zone Chairman and Cabinet Secretary for Lions District
  22-A.  Since retirement from the Baltimore County School system, Mr.
  Peck has volunteered his services as Executive Director of the
  Baltimore Association for the Visually Handicapped.  In his spare
  time, Mr. Peck enjoyed bowling on a league and listening to the
  Talking Books for the visually impaired.  He also enjoyed collecting
  coins and letter openers.  Karl is survived by his wife of 37 years,
  the former Stella Burr, a daughter, Karlette of Florida, and a son,
  Karl, of Sudbrook Park.  Services for Mr. Peck were held at Sudbrook
  United Methodist Church on April 9 at 11:00 a.m., where he was a
  member.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Baltimore
  Association for the Visually Handicapped, 130 W. Hamilton St. Eye
  Bank Building, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, (Attn: Alan Sheps,
  President)
  
  The Republic, April 14, 1983
  
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