An obituary on one of the 23 people killed in the commuter plane that crashed April 5 with former Texas Sen. John G. Tower aboard omitted the name of one of three victims from Maryland. Dee Banning of Rockville also died in the accident near Brunswick, Ga.
The Sun regrets the errors.
Jackie S. Potts, computer expert, died in air crash
A memorial service for Jackie Sterns Potts, a retired computer specialist for the Social Security Administration and the second Maryland woman to be identified as among the 23 people killed in the crash of a commuter plane near Brunswick, Ga., will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Hines-Rinaldi Funeral Home in Silver Spring.
In addition to Mrs. Potts, who was 69 and lived on Harpers Farm Road in Columbia, the dead in that accident Friday included her friend and companion on a vacation trip, June T. Amlie of Bethesda, who was a contract manager for the Navy Department.
Former Sen. John G. Tower and astronaut Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter also were killed in the crash.
Mrs. Potts had owned and operated a computer graphics business, World Wide Interface Designers, and taught at the Howard County Community College since her retirement from the Social Security Administration headquarters in 1982.
She had worked for Social Security since the mid 1970s after working as a mathematician at Navy research and scientific installations in the Washington area since 1947.
A frequent lecturer on computer graphics, she wrote more than 100 professional papers and several textbooks.
She won several awards for her work for the government and was a contributing editor of Government Data Systems magazine.
A former executive vice president of the Office Automation Society International, she was a former secretary of the Data Processing and Management Association and a founder of the Computer Graphics Pioneers and the Special Interest Group on Graphics.
She was born Jackie Sterns in Atlanta. She earned a bachelor's degree at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga., and a master's degree in physics at Emory University in Atlanta.
A former president of the Washington-Baltimore Chapter of the Emory University Alumni Association, she was also a former member of the Montgomery County Council of Parent Teacher Associations.
Mrs. Potts is survived by a son, James Hutchison Potts III of Mount Airy; a daughter, Diane Potts Roberts of Landover; and five grandchildren.
Dr. Gilson C. Engel
Retired surgeon
A memorial service for Dr. Gilson Colby Engel, a retired Philadelphia surgeon who was a native of Baltimore, will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill, Pa.
Dr. Engel, who was 92 and lived in Philadelphia, died Saturday of heart disease at the Lankenau Hospital, where he served as chief of surgery from 1942 until 1964.
Author of 40 professional papers, he also was an inventor of surgical devices, a former member of the board of Blue Cross in Philadelphia and a former chairman of the board of the Pennsylvania Medical Society.
He also taught at the graduate school of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and at Thomas Jefferson University before his retirement from the active practice of general surgery, which he began about 1930.
Born in Baltimore, he was a graduate of City College, served as president of the class of 1922 at the Johns Hopkins University and was a 1926 graduate of Harvard Medical School.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I.
His wife, the former Doris Gherky, died in 1983.
He is survived by a brother, Dr. William H. Engel Jr. of Towson, and several nieces and nephews.
The family suggested memorial gifts could be made to a fund at the Lankenau Hospital.
D. L. Woodworth Jr.
Retired engineer
Services for David Lott "Woody" Woodworth Jr., a retired engineer who enjoyed singing in choirs, will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Eline Funeral Home, 11824 Reisterstown Road.
Mr. Woodworth, 64, died of cancer Tuesday at his Reisterstown home.
He retired as a manufacturing engineer with Westinghouse in 1986 after a career of 33 years.
Born in Moorefield, W.Va., he graduated from Potomac College in Keyser, W.Va., and was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War.
He sang in the choirs of Reisterstown United Methodist Church, of which he was a member, and the Concert Choir of Reisterstown, a community singing group.
He had been involved with the Boy Scouts for many years and had been scoutmaster of Troop No. 315. He belonged to the Francis Scott Key Antique Car Club in Frederick.
He is survived by his wife of 44 years, the former Lois A. Metz; a daughter, Nancy J. Webb of Littlestown, Pa.; four sons, David L. Woodworth III of Westminster, Kevin K. Woodworth of Randallstown, Jeffrey S. Woodworth of Reisterstown and Kerry B. Woodworth of Hampstead; four brothers, George M. Woodworth of Frederick, James A. Woodworth of Chesapeake, Va., Charles W. Woodworth of Baltimore and Erwin P. Woodworth of Debary, Fla.; three sisters, Marguerite W. High of Keyser, W.Va., Louella W. Vess of Chesapeake, Va., and Darlene W. Pyle of Buckhannon, W.Va.; his mother, Esther Woodworth of Chesapeake, Va.; and three grandchildren.
Richard Lee Foster
Md. yacht club member
The ashes of Richard Lee Foster will be scattered over Chesapeake Bay in tribute to his lifetime membership in the Maryland Yacht Club.
Mr. Foster, 81, a retired beauty supplies salesman and liquor store manager, died April 3 at Franklin Square Hospital.
Mr. Foster, who lived on his boat at the Maryland Yacht Club for many years, cruised Maryland waterways up and down the bay. "That's why he wanted his ashes there," said his daughter, Jean Keefer.
He was a member of the Patapsco Power Squadron and the Coast Guard Auxiliary. As a young man, Mr. Foster was active in the wrestling program of the Baltimore YMCA.
In addition to Mrs. Keefer of Ellicott City, Mr. Foster is survived by his wife, the former Mary Lasczar, who lives at a Bel Air nursing home; two grandchildren, David C. Keefer and Linda Jean Carpenter of Ellicott City; and a great-granddaughter, Morgan Keefer of Owings Mills.
Frank Waesche Jr.
Was real estate broker
A Mass of Christian burial for Frank S. Waesche Jr., a retired real estate broker, will be offered at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Roman Catholic Shrine of the Sacred Heart, 5800 Smith Ave., Mount Washington.
Mr. Waesche, who was 80, died Tuesday of heart failure at his home in the Forty-Three Hundred North Charles Apartments.
He retired about 20 years ago after doing business as Hill and Dale Realty for about 15 years.
Earlier, he was a partner in Leader Realty.
Born in Baltimore and a graduate of the Army Navy Preparatory School, he attended Baltimore Junior College, now the New Community College of Baltimore.
He served in the Army Air Forces during World War II.
He had volunteered at SS. Philip and James, Most Precious Blood and other churches.
His wife, the former Mary Monaghan, died in 1986.
He is survived by a son, Frank. S. Waesche III of Timonium, and two grandchildren.
Joseph Koppleman
Carpenter
A Mass of Christian burial for Joseph Henry Koppleman, who retired last week as a carpenter, will be offered at 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Athanasius Roman Catholic Church, Church and Prudence streets in Curtis Bay.
Mr. Koppleman, 55, died Monday after a heart attack at his home on Inner Circle.
He retired Saturday after about seven years as a carpenter for the McMahan Erection Co., through the hiring hall of Local 101 of the Carpenters Union.
The Baltimore native earlier worked for other contractors and had served in the Navy during the Korean War.
He built houses for several relatives and liked fishing and hunting.
He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Mertel; two daughters, JoAnne Holmes of Pasadena and Mary Jo Sturgill of Baltimore; a son, Joseph Henry Koppleman Jr. of Baltimore; a sister, Doris Dailey of Baltimore; two brothers, Kenneth and Robert Koppleman, both of Baltimore; and 10 grandchildren.
Glenn E. Biehl
Retired banker
Services for Glenn E. Biehl, retired president and chairman of the board of the Frederick County National Bank, will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick.
Mr. Biehl, who was 81 and lived in Frederick, died Tuesday at the Frederick Memorial Hospital after a heart attack.
The Frederick native retired in 1987 from the bank, where he had worked since shortly after graduating from Frederick High School 1926. He was a former secretary of the Frederick Building Association and a member of the board of the Frederick Chamber of Commerce.
At the Evangelical Lutheran Church, he taught Sunday school for more than 50 years, was a former financial secretary and member of the church council and belonged to the young men's Bible class.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, the former Helen Houck; two daughters, Barbara Ann Baker of Salisbury and Glenda Houck Green of Winchester, Mass.; a granddaughter; and four great-grandchildren.
Philip Braxton
Retired supervisor
Services for Philip Braxton, a retired supervisor in the financial section of the Baltimore City Department of Social Services, will be held at 8 p.m. today at the Masonic Temple at 1307 Eutaw Place.
Mr. Braxton, who was 69 and lived on Robb Street, died Sunday of heart and respiratory illnesses at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
He retired in 1987 after 29 years with the department during which he helped to start the adult foster-care program and also worked in a program for the homeless.
Before joining the department, he had been an assistant business manager at Morgan State University.
Born in Baltimore, he was a 1941 graduate of Douglass High School and a 1950 graduate of Morgan, where he majored in economics. In 1971, he earned a master's degree in social work from the University of Maryland.
During World War II, after enlisting in the U.S. Army, he studied electronics at Temple University, then served as a radio repairman in the Signal Corps. He returned to the Army during the Korean War.
A former commander of the Federal Post of the American Legion and of the Thompson Miller Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, he was also a former master of the Mount Horeb Lodge of the Prince Hall Masons.
He was also a former financial secretary of the Pride of Baltimore Lodge of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World and a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity.
Known in his family as "Big Philip," to distinguish him from a nephew, he was fond of photography, model trains, classical music, reading and work with electronics, including computers.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years, the former Florine Bennett; two brothers, Levi Nelson and George Braxton, both of Baltimore; four sisters, Louise Braxton, Alice Dixon, Mertine Jermany and Rosetta Means, all of Baltimore; and many nieces and nephews.