Thomas R. Holmes
World War I veteran
Thomas Reed Holmes, a retired Army colonel who served in France during World War I, died Friday of pulmonary edema at Memorial Hospital at Easton. He was 98.
Mr. Holmes retired from military service in 1947 and settled in Cambridge. For the past eight years, he had lived at William Hill Manor, a retirement community in Easton.
Briefly in the 1950s, he was a salesman for Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co.
Mr. Holmes enjoyed the outdoors and often went crabbing and hunting. He also liked gardening and was an avid fisherman, said his daughter, Doris Wright Holmes of Columbia. "He outlived many of his fishing buddies," she said.
Mr. Holmes was a member of the Dorchester American Legion Post No. 91 and a charter member of the Westminster American Legion Post.
After graduating from Centreville High School in 1914, he enrolled in St. John's College in Annapolis.
He left school to enlist in the Maryland National Guard's 1st Infantry Machine Gun Company and saw Mexican border duty in June 1916.
He resumed his studies at St. John's College and graduated in 1917.
He then entered the U.S. Army and saw duty in France.
From 1930 to 1936 he was an ROTC instructor at Western Maryland College.
Mr. Holmes also was stationed in Honolulu, the Panama Canal Zone and Japan as well as performing assignments in the United States.
In addition to his daughter, he is survived by his wife of 69 years, the former Doris Corbett; a son, retired Air Force Col. Robert Sylvester Holmes of Mercer Island, Wash.; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be sent to the Salvation Army, 200 Washington St., Cambridge 21613.
Evelyn E. Keller
Teacher
Evelyn E. Keller, who taught at the William S. Baer School for disabled children in Baltimore, died Friday of congestive heart failure at Waddington's Personal Care Home in Fayette City, Pa., where she lived for the last three years. She was 98.
Miss Keller taught elementary grades at the school for 22 years until she retired in 1965. Before joining the school, she was supervisor of primary education for Anne Arundel County Schools.
A native of Williamsport, Pa., Miss Keller earned a bachelor's and xTC master's degree from the teacher's college at Columbia University, New York City.
She lived in Linthicum Heights for 24 years and was a member of the Linthicum Heights United Methodist Church.
For 28 years, she had been a resident of Charleroi, Pa., before moving to Fayette City.
Miss Keller is survived by two nieces and a nephew.
Services were to be held at 1 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church, Sixth Street and Lincoln Ave. in Charleroi.
The family has suggested memorial contributions to Linthicum Heights United Methodist Church, 200 School Lane, Linthicum Heights, 21090.
Henry S. Potter
Salesman, outdoorsman
Henry S. Potter, a retired salesman with P & H Auto in Baltimore and an outdoorsman, died Friday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center of melanoma cancer. He was 61.
Mr. Potter -- known as Tad -- retired from P & H in 1993. He was a member of the Ducks Unlimited Assateague Chapter. He lived in Woodbrook in Baltimore County.
"He loved hunting and fishing," said his wife of 35 years, the former Sara Holloway.
Mr. Potter was an All-American swimmer while attending Ohio University in Athens and was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 1985.
He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Grace United Methodist Church in Baltimore. He was a graduate of the Columbus Academy in Columbus, Ohio.
Services were to be at 11 a.m. today at Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, 6500 York Road. Burial will be in Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.
Besides his wife, survivors include two daughters, Tina Doak of Baltimore and Carol Ring of Travis Air Force Base, Calif.; a son, Taylor F. Potter of Baltimore; a sister, Carol Kell of Franklin, Mass.; and two grandchildren.