Karlton L. Pool

Karlton L. Pool, age 70, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:42 P.M. on Sunday, February 6, 2011, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Pool was a veteran of the United States Marines and served in the Vietnam War. He retired in 1996 as an Ohio State Trooper with twenty–nine years of service with the Defiance Post. He was a member the Bryan First Baptist Church and the Williams County Conservation League and served as the Center Township Zoning Inspector. Karlton was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting, fishing and shooting sports as well as building model airplanes. Karlton L. Pool was born on January 30, 1941, in Norris City, Illinois, the son of Dennie M. and Beulah M. (Catlin) Pool. He married Corinne T. Atkinson on May 14, 1966, in Covington, Kentucky, and she survives. Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons, Rusti Pool and Colton (Lisa) Pool, both of Bryan; one daughter, April (Joel) Briner, of Hopkinton, Massachusetts; seven grandchildren, Conner, Cameron and Christian Pool, Taylor Pool, and Braelyn, Brooklyn and Blake Briner; and his mother, Beulah Pool, of Dayton, Ohio. He is also survived by two sisters, Sherry (Mike) Hatke, of Coco, Florida, and Debbie Kruer, of Dayton, and one brother, Vance Pool, of Houston, Texas. He was preceded in death by his father. Services for Karlton L. Pool will be held on Friday, February 11, 2011, at 11:00 A.M. in the First Baptist Church in Bryan with Pastor John MacFarlane officiating. Visitation will be held in the church one hour prior to the service, beginning at 10:00 A.M. on Friday. Military rites will be conducted by Bryan VFW Post #2489. In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to be sent in the form of donations in Karl's name to the First Baptist Church in Bryan.