Edgar Leslie (Les) Gott, Sr.,passed away peacefully, on October 16, 2012, at Asbury Retirement Community in Solomons, MD. He was born on July 25, 1924, in Owings, MD, where he grew up. Les graduated from Calvert High School in 1941. He served in the Army Air Corps from 1943-1945, as a radio operator on the B-24, flying 23 missions. He worked for Naval Research Laboratory, Search Radar Division, as an electronic technician for 39 years. He enjoyed spending time with his family, woodworking, helping his children and grandchildren with their home projects, and fixing whatever was broken.
Les married June Frances Moreland, of Lothian, MD, on June 7, 1947. He is survived by three children, Edgar L. Gott, Jr.(Nancy) of Lusby, MD, Linda Horsmon (Frank) of Solomons, MD, and Dennis Gott (Loren) of Dunkirk, MD. He was the proud grandfather of seven grandchildren,a great-granddaughter, great-grandson, and step great granddaughter. He took great pride in his family, with whom he enjoyed spending time.
He was preceded in death by his wife, June, to whom he was married for 63 years, his mother, Eliza Iola King, his father, Hutchins Gott, and his brothers Hutchins, Vernon, and Herbert Gott.He is survived by his sisters, Elizabeth Hance of Port Republic, MD, Eva Mae Ridgley of Baltimore, MD, and Dorothy Barrett, of Lusby, MD, and brothers Charles Gott of Owings, MD, and William Gott, of Prince Frederick, MD.