Anne Arundel Fish And Game Association
Bill Showacre - In Memoriam
William Showacre
07/26/21 - 08/06/08
Shooter - Mentor - Friend - Patriot
President - 1977
Anne Arundel Fish and Game Conservation Association, Inc.
Bill has been a member of AAF&G since 1960, was past president in 1977 and has served a number of terms on the Board of Directors. He is best known for the unlimited hours he as spent over the last 40 years or so instructing our Junior Rifle shooters as well as senior rifle shooters, and students of the AAF&G Hunter Safety Classes.
Bill was a retired Lieutenent Colonel in the US Army, and due to his rank and service not only in WWII but also in Korea, he is eligible for burial in Arlington. Arrangements are being made for that to happen. There will be a memorial service here locally once the arrangements have been finalized thru Kalas funeral home in Edgewater. Services will be held Wednesday 13 at 3 p.m. August at the 1st Presbyterian Church on Duke of Gloucester. A reception immediately following the service will be held at AAF&G.
Bill has no family other than his friends in AAF&G , the Boy Scouts of America, and the High Power Rifle community so keep him in your prayers and thoughts. The Obituary from the Annapolis Capitol read as follows:
Lt. Col. William M. Showacre, 87, a resident of Annapolis, died of congestive heart failure Aug. 6 at Marley Neck Health and Rehabilitation Center in Glen Burnie. Lt. Col. Showacre was born in Baltimore on July 26, 1921, to William Russell and Genevieve Farnsworth Showacre. He joined Army in 1943 and served during World War II and the Korean War. He received the Middle Eastern Service Medal and World War Victory Medal. After retiring, he taught Industrial Arts in Annapolis for 22 years. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Annapolis. His interests included teaching sailing at the Annapolis Sailing School, being a Boy Scout Master, but most of all he enjoyed teaching junior rifle marksmanship to young people, building airplanes and his ferrets. Friends are invited to a Life Celebration at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church of Annapolis, 171 Duke of Gloucester Street. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors at 11 a.m. Dec. 1, 2008. Arrangements are by Kalas Funeral Home. Sign the online guest book at www.kalasfuneralhomes.com. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of the Chesapeake, 445 Defense Highway Annapolis, MD 21401 or to the American Red Cross. There will be a reception at the Anne Arundel Fish and Game Conservation Assn in St Margarets following the memorial service.
