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SALLY WEST Obituary
SALLY FRANCES WEST (Age 98)
On Sunday, October 22, 2017, of Washington, DC. Beloved sister of the late Judy C. Wyss; aunt of Margaret A. Wyss; step-mother of Louis A. Potter, Jr. and Thomas Van Potter. Mrs. West was a lifetime Washingtonian who taught thirty years in DC public schools. She was a graduate of Wilson Teachers' College and Washington Musical Institute and received a master's degree from George Washington University. For more than fifty years she was a performing member of The Friday Morning Music Club, and she was a sponsor of the Club's annual Washington International Competition award in memory of her late husband, Louis A. Potter, a prominent DC musician. Memorial service at Wesley United Methodist Church, 5312 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 20015 on Monday, December 11 at 11 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please direct memorial contributions to Wesley United Methodist Church.www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.com
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Cleve Yee
September 24, 2023
Mrs. Sally and our family attended the Calvary Methodist
Church in DC. She sang in the choir with her husband, Mr. Louis Potter, who was an amazing musician and choir director. Dear couple continue making beautiful music together in Heaven.
Julia Hart
December 28, 2017
Sally: may your voice & piano playing light up heaven and beyond.
Julia Hart
December 24, 2017
Sally was my choir teacher at Gordon Jr. High in 1959. We kept in touch and saw each other again at a 7th grade reunion in 2000. She was a lively feisty and treasured friend. We will miss her.
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