After his retirement in 1986, Henry and Mary lived in Flagstaff and Chantilly, VA. They enjoyed traveling throughout the USA and Europe. Henry was active in retirement, discovering nearly 700 minor planets and asteroids as an astronomer at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff and the Palomar Observatory in CA. In 1989, he co-discovered 4581 Asclepius, a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary E. Holt, 91 years, who passed away May 20, 2017 at her home in Chantilly, VA and by his sister, Lilas Kee, who died in 2009.
The Holts' are survived by their children: Elizabeth, Hank, Kathy Holt Moeller (Michael), Nancy Martinez (Steve), 7 grandsons, Mary’s siblings: Margaret O’Brien Lombardo & Brendan O’Brien, 8 nieces and 2 nephews. A private family memorial will be held in October at the national cemetery in Quantico.
After his retirement in 1986, Henry and Mary lived in Flagstaff and Chantilly, VA. They enjoyed traveling throughout the USA and Europe. Henry was active in retirement, discovering nearly 700 minor planets and asteroids as an astronomer at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff and the Palomar Observatory in CA. In 1989, he co-discovered 4581 Asclepius, a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary E. Holt, 91 years, who passed away May 20, 2017 at her home in Chantilly, VA and by his sister, Lilas Kee, who died in 2009.
The Holts' are survived by their children: Elizabeth, Hank, Kathy Holt Moeller (Michael), Nancy Martinez (Steve), 7 grandsons, Mary’s siblings: Margaret O’Brien Lombardo & Brendan O’Brien, 8 nieces and 2 nephews. A private family memorial will be held in October at the national cemetery in Quantico.
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