Worthing L. West, Jr ’60 died on August 23, 2022, in Millersville, Maryland.

(The following was provided by the Barranco Funeral Home on August 23, 2022)

Worthing L. West, Jr ’60

Worthing L. West, better known as “Winger,” began his adventurous earthly journey on September 6, 1937. He delighted his mother, Jeannette Curtiss, and father, Worthing L. West, Sr., and survived many childhood adventures in Newton Center, Massachusetts. Winger was a Boy Scout and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout when he was 16. He graduated from Rivers School (Massachusetts) and then Bowdoin College (Maine). After college, Winger embarked on a seven-month solo tour of the world, staying in youth hostels and getting around locally on a motor bike. During this trip, he visited twenty-four countries; in his lifetime, he visited fifty-three countries! Winger was a passionate patriot. He joined the Army at the age of 23. He met his wife, June, also in the Army, while they were both stationed in Fort Riley, Kansas. They married in Winston-Salem, NC, in May of 1967. Throughout his Army career, he defended our country during two different tours in Vietnam and served in Texas, Korea, Kansas, Vietnam, California, Tennessee, Germany, and Maryland. He earned his private pilot license in 1962 while stationed in Texas. For fun, he would set planes in a spin and then stabilize them. While in Germany (1977), he completed his master’s degree in education from Boston University (Heidelberg, Germany campus). After retiring from active duty as a lieutenant colonel, Winger, June, and their two daughters settled in Severna Park, MD, where Winger worked as a civilian senior liaison officer for the Defense Security Service for twenty years until he retired. Upon full retirement, he had completed forty-two years of Federal Service and was awarded the USAF Exemplary Civilian Service Award. During retirement, Winger became an avid bird watcher and enjoyed many trips with his brother and other close friends. He also dedicated a lot of time to genealogy; he supported the local genealogical society by completing surveys of local cemeteries and he did genealogy research for many friends and family. Winger became affectionately known as DE when his first grandchild—Hannah– couldn’t say “Grampie” and replaced it with “DE.” DE was an integral part of each of his grandchildren’s lives and attended as many of their school and extracurricular events as he was able.

He is survived by his wife of fifty-five years, June, his two daughters, Jean (Gerald) Perry and Susan Worthing (Louis) Campion, his four grandchildren—Hannah, Nathaniel, Rachel Worthing, and Noah Campion, his “adopted” granddaughter, Carolina, many other wonderful loving family members, and his beloved Vizsla (dog) and constant companion, Snoopy. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, George C. West.