More detail on this person: Lt. Col. Martin
Robert Karig III (Army, retired), 66, of
Lancaster, died suddenly, surrounded by his family
in San Antonio, on Friday, November 2, 2012. Bob
was in San Antonio attending an alumni association
reunion of Alpha Troop 2nd Squadron/17th Calvary
101st Airborne Division (Air Mobile/Assault), of
which he was a founding father and driving force
in the association. Born in Middletown, he was the
son of the late Martin R. Karig Jr. and Dorothy
Kortright Karig. He held a bachelor's degree in
history and political science from Alfred
University, a master's degree in business
administration from Georgetown University, and had
studied international business at Oxford
University. Bob was a career Army officer who
served two combat tours in Vietnam as a helicopter
pilot, before retiring from active military duty
in 1989. Among his medals and citations were the
Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit,
Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal and two Air
Medals, one awarded for valor. Bob worked in the
Pentagon while in the Army and then as a civilian
for the University of Maryland and also served on
a consortium for Lockheed Martin. After retiring
from industry as a research and development
program manager, Bob moved to Lancaster where
he volunteered as a researcher and docent at the
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg,
Pa.. He also volunteered for the Ontario & Western
Railways in Middletown, Landis Valley Museum in
Lancaster and Habitat for Humanity. Bob was a
former member of the East Hempfield, Pa.
Township Planning Commission. He attended Faith
United Methodist Church in Lancaster. An author,
Bob's first two books, "Hard Coal and Coal Dust"
and "Coal Cars: The First Three Hundred Years,"
dealt with the history of freight car technology.
He was currently working on a third book, "From
West Shore to Coal Fields," which traces the
business histories of the New York, West Shore &
Buffalo and the New York, Ontario & Western
Railways, and a novel, "Pennies From Heaven."
Bob will be lovingly missed by his fiancee,
Dolores (Dolly) L. Bankert of Lititz, Pa.; his
sister, Lynda Karig Hohmann, M.D. of Albany; his
brother, Thomas W. Karig, husband of Laurie of
Port Huron, Mich.; his stepchildren, Robert Harvey
and Rhett Price; his granddaughters, Hillary
Brindley and Hope Price; his aunt, Helen O'Leary;
his uncle, Don Kortright (Merle); his uncle, Dick,
and several nieces and nephews and
grandnephews. He was preceded in death by his
brother, Peter Allen Karig. The funeral service
will take place at 11 a.m. Wednesday, November 7,
2012, at the Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home &
Crematory, Inc., (717-560-5100) 3110 Lititz Pike,
Lititz, Pa., with the Rev. Kent E. Kroehler
officiating. A visitation will be held from 9 to
11 a.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Interment, with full military honors, will take
place at a later date in Arlington National
Cemetery. Please omit flowers. Memorial
contributions may be made to the Wounded
Warriors Project, PO Box 758517, Topeka, KS
66675 or woundedwarriorproject.org To send the
family online condolences, please visit
SnyderFuneralHome.com
Published in Albany Times Union from November 5
to November 6, 2012
Burial information: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
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