Harvey Walter Achziger Sr (1931 - 2022)

Born 8 Aug 1931 in Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States

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Died 15 May 2022 at age 90 in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States

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Harvey was born in 1931. He passed away in 2022.

• Harvey Walter Achziger Sr., 90, widower of Mary Lou McLean Achziger, died on Sunday, May 15, 2022, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital.

Born on Aug. 8, 1931, in Greely, Colorado, he was a son of the late John and Marie Thiel Achziger. Mr. Achziger served in the U.S. Air Force. He and his family have owned and operated McLean Marine Inc. in Sumter for more than 68 years. He entered Colorado A&M (now Colorado State University) in 1949 to play football and earn a degree in agriculture. He earned all-conference honors in 1951 and 1952 and was named to the International News All-America team as a first-team tackle in 1952. He also competed on the track team while at Colorado A&M, helping the team to the 1952 and 1953 conference championships. He was named to the Colorado State All-Century Team in 1992 and inducted into the Colorado State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles and played professionally in the Canadian Football League for the Hamilton Tiger Cats before a knee injury ended his career.

He is survived by two children, Mary Katherine "Kaye" Achziger and Harvey Walter Achziger Jr. (Tammy); and one granddaughter, McLean Marie Achziger, all of Sumter.

He was preceded in death by four brothers, John Achziger, Theodore Achziger, Clarence Achziger and Roland Achziger; and four sisters, Emma Brungard, Helen Landers, Esther Bauer Orr and Florine Marie Meeker.

Sources

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #239788125 (accessed 2 February 2024)
  Memorial page for Harvey Walter Achziger Sr. (8 Aug 1931-15 May 2022), citing Evergreen Memorial Park, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Remember me (contributor 47418257).