Thomas W. Outerbridge

Tom served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War before graduating from American University. He was a career civil servant for both the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Secret Service, working in the data systems division of both agencies. A lifelong sailor on the Chesapeake Bay and later in Marsh Harbor, Bahamas, Tom was active in the Chesapeake Bristol Club. He also built and fired Revolutionary War-era black-powder muzzle loaders and was a member of the Tidewater Muzzle Loaders gun club.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marcia McLaine Outerbridge, who died in April 1994. He is survived by his wife Michelle Aleen Outerbridge, four daughters, Laura (husband Keith) Evans of Brookeville, Md., Catherine (husband Todd) Pekel, Amy (husband Michael) Coveyou and Marilyn Outerbridge, as well as stepson Michael Brown, all of Annapolis, and adopted son Thomas Davidson of Beltsville. He is also survived by 11 grandchildren: James Wilhelm of Annapolis, Alexander Evans of Rockville, Alyssa Wilhelm of Long Island, NY, Matthew Coveyou and Sara Pekel, both of Annapolis, Zachary Wilhelm of Camp LeJeune, N.C., Seth Coveyou of Annapolis, Sophie Evans of Brookeville, Elias Coveyou, Ian Wilhelm and Nicholas Pekel, all of Annapolis. Tom in addition is survived by two brothers, William Outerbridge of Reston, Va., and Robert Outerbridge (wife Alice) of Mt. Vernon, Va.

The family will receive friends at the John M. Taylor Funeral Home, 147 Duke of Gloucester Street Annapolis, MD 21401 on Tuesday February 13, 2017 from 10 to 11 AM. A memorial service will be held in the Funeral Home Chapel at 11 AM.