Charles J. SAXTON

SAXTON, UNDERWOOD, ENSLEY, WHITELY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/21/2016 at 23:33:29

July 21, 1924 ---- September 19, 2015

Charles "Chuck" J. Saxton, 91, of Speedway, [Indiana] joined the Lord on the glorious day of September 19, 2015. He was born to Percy and Esther Saxton on July 21, 1924, in Hardy, Iowa. Charles worked for over 30 years as an electrical technician supervisor in the Federal Aviation Association and later for Raytheon. He served our country in the U.S. Army during World War II. As a member of the Army's 124th Signal Radio Intelligence Corp., he arrived in Europe March 30, 1944 and departed Mar 1, 1946. The 124th was part of the Signal Intelligence Division (SID) attached to European Theater of Operations, USA (ETOUSA) in London. The SID was responsible for all strategic communications including intercepting, reading and decoding enemy messages. Radio Intelligence provided early warning of enemy movements. Battles and campaigns from March 1944 to March 1946 included Rhineland, Central Europe and Southern France. He received Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal, and the WWII Victory Medal. He was honorably discharged November 4, 1947.

He is survived by his beloved wife of 65 years Vivian Saxton. He met Vivian in a dance hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and they married a year later; they traveled around the country with his job, and then settled in Indiana. Charles enjoyed ham radio, garage sales, fixing antique radios and watches, grilling crowd pleasing food outdoors, and was involved in the American Legion in Speedway.

Charles is preceded in death by his parents Percy and Esther Saxton, his brother Carroll Saxton, and his sister Beth Whitely. He is also survived by his brothers in Minnesota, Duane Saxton and his wife Irene and Jim Saxton and his wife Barb. He is survived by his daughter, Charlene Underwood and her husband Bill of West Chester, PA; his daughter, Chris Saxton of Cranberry Township, PA; his son, Wayne Saxton and his wife Madonna of Irvine, CA; and his daughter, Patti Ensley and her husband of Greenwood, IN. Charles is also survived by his five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

His visitation will be Friday, October 2 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. with a service following at 2 p.m. at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, 6118 Crawfordsville Road, Speedway, Indiana 46224. Entombment will follow in Washington Park North Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be given to the American Cancer Society.

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father's house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?" Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:1-6

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