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Dewitt Wesley Platt
Posted 4/15/07
Dewitt Wesley Platt, 71 DAGSBORO - Dewitt Wesley Platt of Dagsboro died Thursday, April 12, 2007, in his home, after a courageous three-year battle with leukemia. He was surrounded by his loving …
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Dewitt Wesley Platt
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Dewitt Wesley Platt, 71
DAGSBORO - Dewitt Wesley Platt of Dagsboro died Thursday, April 12, 2007, in his home, after a courageous three-year battle with leukemia. He was surrounded by his loving wife, children, and grandchildren. He was 71.
Mr. Platt was born July 24, 1935, in Harrisburg, Pa., son of Mildred (Stephens) Platt and the late DeWitt Oakum.
After graduating from the University of Maryland, he entered the U.S. Navy, retiring as a Navy commander.
Mr. Platt settled in Kensington, Md., and worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency and retired as the senior analyst for Russian Affairs. He moved with his wife to Stowe, Vt., where he enjoyed skiing and was president of the Stowe Vermont Rotary Club. After 10 years he returned to the Eastern Shore residing in Dagsboro.
He is survived by his loving wife, Grace and their three children, Karen Geppert, Stephen Platt and Jacqueline Abbott; and nine grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at their residence.
A Mass of Christian burial will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Edmond's Catholic Church, King Charles and Laurel streets, Rehoboth Beach. The Rev. Raymond Forrester will officiate.
Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 26669 Patriots Way, Millsboro.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Dewitt Platt Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Brian O'Rourke, Bishop John A. Marshall School, 680 Laporte Road, Morrisville, VT 05661.
Arrangements by Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Clarksville Chapel, Clarksville.
DAGSBORO - Dewitt Wesley Platt of Dagsboro died Thursday, April 12, 2007, in his home, after a courageous three-year battle with leukemia. He was surrounded by his loving wife, children, and grandchildren. He was 71.
Mr. Platt was born July 24, 1935, in Harrisburg, Pa., son of Mildred (Stephens) Platt and the late DeWitt Oakum.
After graduating from the University of Maryland, he entered the U.S. Navy, retiring as a Navy commander.
Mr. Platt settled in Kensington, Md., and worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency and retired as the senior analyst for Russian Affairs. He moved with his wife to Stowe, Vt., where he enjoyed skiing and was president of the Stowe Vermont Rotary Club. After 10 years he returned to the Eastern Shore residing in Dagsboro.
He is survived by his loving wife, Grace and their three children, Karen Geppert, Stephen Platt and Jacqueline Abbott; and nine grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at their residence.
A Mass of Christian burial will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Edmond's Catholic Church, King Charles and Laurel streets, Rehoboth Beach. The Rev. Raymond Forrester will officiate.
Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 26669 Patriots Way, Millsboro.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Dewitt Platt Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Brian O'Rourke, Bishop John A. Marshall School, 680 Laporte Road, Morrisville, VT 05661.
Arrangements by Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Clarksville Chapel, Clarksville.
