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- From the Lock Haven Express, Feb 21, 2008
William Hudson Holter, 79, left this life Feb. 5, 2008 in Tappahannock, Va., after a long decline in his health.
He was the son of the late Josephine Tibbins and William Clyde Holter, DDS of Lock Haven, and the grandson of the late Dr. George Tibbins of Beech Creek.
Mr. Holter, a mathematician by education and profession, lived a rich life with many avocations.
A native of Lock Haven, he graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1952, Phi Betta Kappa. He obtained advanced degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and American University.
In 1954, he moved to the Washington, D.C. area and began a long, distinguished career working for a variety of government and defense contractors. His skill and creativity in advanced mathematics contributed to the progress in the U.S. space program and national defense through the Cold War and the Vietnam era. In the final decade of his career, he turned his talents to supercomputer technologies, and contributed to programs in this specialty at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Col., and at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla. He retired in 1993 and returned to his home of more than 30 years in Loudon County, Va.
Through the years of his professional life, Mr. Holter also devoted time to his other talents in music and performance. As a semi-professional actor, he was well known in the greater Washington area theatrical community for the panache and flair he brought to comic leading roles in such well-loved productions as Guys and Dolls, The Pajama Game and Brigadoon.
Mr. Holter was also an enthusiast of historic preservation and contributed to the revivals of two nationally recognized Virginia historic districts in Old Town Alexandra and Waterford. In Waterford, as co-owner with his wife of a home built in 1750, he became a collector of Early American antiques. This hobby led to another career as an antique dealer when he and Mrs. Holter bought and operated the Old Tin Shop in Waterford, Va.
Mr. Holter was also an active member of the Waterford Foundation and graciously opened his family's home to thousands of visitors during the annual Waterford Homes Tours and Crafts Exhibit.
Mr. Holter and his wife moved to Tappahannock, Va., in 1999. He lived a quiet life enjoying his kind neighbors at the Riverside Condominiums and his views of the Rappahannock.
He is survived by his loving wife, Margaret (Peg) L. Holter; her daughters, Leslee Cathryn Porter Beasley of Ashland, Va., and Margaret Charlene Porter of Takoma Park, Md.; sister, Betty Holter Kemack of Waterloo, N.Y.; a brother, Rodney Holter of Lancaster; four nieces, Lisa Kemak of Rochester, N.Y., Tina Manzer of Canandaigua, N.Y., Lora Hammaker of Camp Hill, and Jody Allen of Lancaster; and a nephew, Mark Holter of Houston, Texas.
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