Kenneth Lyle "Ken" Carroll

CARROLL Mr. Kenneth (Ken) Lyle Carroll - Age 82, born in Springfield, Missouri, longtime resident of Mobile, AL, recently residing in Gulf Shores, AL passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2011. Ken graduated from United Military School (UMS) in Mobile in 1946. He went to Fort Riley Kansas where he attended Officer Candidate School and was a member of the Second Platoon of Class 35 in George Company. Ken served as Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. While serving during wartime, Ken was seriously injured causing him to be honorably, medically discharged. He was a member of the U.S. Armed Forces Disabled Veterans. He earned the National Defense Service Medal. After retiring from the U.S. Army, Ken worked in the civil engineering field as a draftsman and worked for Burford Equipment Company where he made many friends and met Jane Brown Allen, whom he married in 1977. He was a Lifetime Member of Buccaneer Yacht Club in Mobile where he enjoyed years of sailing and teaching his family to sail. Ken was preceded in death by his wife, Jane Brown Carroll. He is survived by three stepchildren, Charles (Chip) Allen, Jr. of Tualatin, OR, Michael (Mike) Allen of Daphne, AL and Shannon Allen D'Orazio of Orange Beach, AL; a granddaughter, Elizabeth (Ellie) D'Orazio of Orange Beach, AL and a brother, Richard (Dick) Carroll of Mobile, AL. The family will receive friends at the home of Mike Allen on Sunday, August 21st from 12-2pm. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be made to either the Disabled Veterans at www.dav.org or the Armed Forces Foundation at www. armedforcesfoundation.org