Thomas
Rufus Latta, passed away Monday, March 21, 2005 at 8:56
a.m. in Baltimore, MD. at the age of 79.
Born in Rochester, NY on 23 August 1925, he was the son
of Thomas Hood and Mary Hubble Latta.
He
spent the majority of his life in the Philadelphia,
PA area, he spent the autumn years on Florida's East
Coast and in Maryland.
He
attended University of Pennsylvania.
He
was a salesman for most of this his working career;
but for 10 years he operated a coffee busineess.
He
served in the US Army Air Corps for 4 years.
Thomas and his wife Elizabeth (Betty Jo) (Wright) were
married for 59 years
He
has five children: Lisa Crump, David Latta, Barbara
Parsels, Mary Mutter, and Thomas Latta, and Eleven grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
He was loved by all and will be missed by many. |
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