Thomas Cover III ’28

Tom Cover died Aug. 5, 1996, at the Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson, Md. He spent his early years in Winchester, Va., and attended Gilman Country School. At Princeton he majored in modern languages, was on the varsity soccer team and a member of Cap and Gown. In 1930 he married Olive Ann Brown, and they had two sons, Thomas IV and E. McIntosh '55. Olive died in 1959, and he later married Anne Crockett, who survives him. He lived in the vicinity of Baltimore all his adult life.

Tom was president of Sanitary Laundry Co., which he sold in the late 1960s, and also president of InstoGas, a family-owned manufacturer of gas products based in Detroit. He retired in the late 1960s.

He was a member of the Elkridge Club, the Maryland Club, and the Green Valley Hunt Club. His hobbies were golf, tennis, and hunting. His brother Nelson '33 predeceased him, as did his brother Loring '21. He leaves four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Tom was always a supportive Princetonian; he attended several reunions and many football games. The class extends its sympathy to his wife and family.

The Class of 1928