Gilbert A. Cole Jr. (Age 94)
Died on Saturday, July 4, 2015, at Aspenwood Senior Living Community. Mr. Cole was born November 2,1920 in the Brookland area of Washington, DC, to Gilbert A. and Hazel Altmann Cole. During WWII he served in North Africa and Hawaii with the Engineer Topographical Unit of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. After WWII he moved to Silver Spring, MD where he lived until his death. In 1963, he was hired on at the Defense Intelligence Agency, where he eventually became Chief of the Reprographics Division. He retired in January 1980. Mr. Cole was a member of St. John the Evangelist Church, Silver Spring, and the Father Rosensteel Council of the Knights of Columbus.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 55 years, Jeanette Mund Cole; his brother Nelson A. Cole and his sister Mae W. Parsons. He is survived by his current wife of 14 years, Anna Lesniak Svrcek Cole; his children Stephen (Cynthia) Cole, Kathleen (Robert) LaCroix, Carrie (Mark) Kuhn, Paul (Mary) Cole and Julie (James) Novacek; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren (with # 4 due in August); and his step-children Sophie (Doug) Jordan, Martin (Deanna) Svrcek, Matthew Svrcek, Bernadette Svrcek (Keith) Stevens, Paul Svrcek and Mark Svrcek.
Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD (Valet Parking) Thursday, July 9, 2015 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. John the Evangelist Historic Church, 9700 Rosensteel Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, on Friday, July 10, 2015 at 11 a.m. Interment St. John’s Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the USO (uso.org/donate) or to a charity of your choice.
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