Roland Douglas Potter

ROLAND DOUGLAS POTTER Roland passed away unexpectedly on Saturday February 14, 2015. Roland was born April 25, 1946 in Los Angeles California to Joann Cummings and Maxwell Potter. He joined the army at seventeen in 1963 and was awarded seven air medals for flying 150 air missions in Vietnam before he was injured. He was injured in a helicopter crash and spent many months in a hospital in the Phillipines. After his honorable discharge, he attended USC and graduated with a degree in accounting. He worked for Peat, Marwick & Mitchell in Los Angeles where he honed his accounting and audit skills. He was a CPA to more than 300 people who were not just clients but people he loved. He is survived by his loving wife Roseann Potter and sons Braden Potter, Bill Allman and his grandson Sylas Potter. He is also survived by loving family and friends too numerous to mention. He was a self made man and a brilliant craftsman. He built all of his own homes. He was a champion benchrest shooter and he was inducted into the Benchrest Hall of Fame. He was a gifted musician who loved the blues and was taught guitar by Mance Lipscomb. Memorial contributions may be made in Roland's name to the Oasis Women's Crisis Shelter, P.O. Box 932, Gold Beach, Oregon or to the charity of your choice. Services will be at Sanders Funeral Home, 1835 E Street, Eureka on Tuesday February 24th at ten-thirty. A celebration of Roland's life will be announced at a later date in March. Please sign the guestbook at www.times-standard.com and clcik on obits.