Henry ‘Hank’ Evans Thomas IV, retired Marine officer

Henry “Hank” Evans Thomas IV, 75, Lt. Col., U.S. Marine Corps, Ret., a resident of Silver Spring, Md., died quietly Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, at the VA Medical Center, Washington, D.C., with his life partner, confidante and friend, John-Kevin Litschgi, by his side.

He was born Oct. 15, 1937, in Charlotte, N.C. to the late Laleah (nee Gray) and Henry Evans Thomas III. He is loved and missed by many friends, neighbors and his sons, Evans and Nick, and their children.

Friends will be received at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 29, at St. George's Chapel, 20322 Beaver Dam Road, Harbeson, where a Requiem Mass will be offered at noon.

Committal and burial will follow at All Saints' Cemetery next to the chapel.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to CAMP Rehoboth Community Center, 37 Baltimore Ave., Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971.