Obituaries

Col. Siner was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and received a congressional appointment to the Air Force Academy. He graduated in 1965 and flew C-141 transports and RF-4C fighters in Southeast Asia.

He served in Germany, attended Army Command and General Staff College and had assignments in the Pentagon, at the Brookings Institution and at the National War College at Fort McNair. He retired from the military in 1986.

Col. Siner then worked for Titan Corp. and more recently as director of Washington operations for Cubic Defense Applications.

He was past chapter president of the Air Force Association, a member of Christians in Commerce and was an adult work camp leader with the youth ministry at St. Bernadette's Catholic Church in Springfield.

His family described him as a man with a mischievous smile, an infectious energy and an ability to befriend many. He often scheduled holidays and vacations abroad for his family.

Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Kathleen Siner of Springfield; four children, Mark Siner of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., John Siner of Lausanne, Switzerland, Shannon Siner of Springfield and Matthew Siner of Springfield; a sister; and two grandchildren.

Jon C. 'Jack' DilwegNavy Lieutenant Commander

Jon Coleman "Jack" Dilweg, 76, who was raised in the Washington area and retired in 1975 from the Navy as a lieutenant commander, died July 17 at a niece's home in Germantown after a heart attack. He lived in Pocatello, Idaho.

Cmdr. Coleman was born in Green Bay, Wis., and raised in the Washington area after his father, LaVern Dilweg, a Wisconsin Democrat, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1942.

He was a 1949 graduate of Episcopal High School in Alexandria, where he captained the track team and was later inducted into the athletic hall of fame. He was a 1954 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He received a master's degree in oceanography from the Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.

He was a Navy flight instructor and veteran of the Vietnam War. In retirement, he was a Navy ROTC instructor in Pocatello.

His marriages to Marcia Billings Dilweg, Pauline Cobb Dilweg and Phyllis Dilweg ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife of 28 years, JoAn Falter Dilweg of Pocatello; a son from his first marriage, Mark Dilweg of Australia; a daughter from his second marriage, Allison Romero of Miami; three stepchildren; two brothers, Robert Dilweg of Bethesda and Gary Dilweg of Madison, Wis.; a sister, Diane Cromwell of Sparks Glencoe, Md.; and 12 grandchildren.