Mrs. Ellis was born in Springwood, Va., and graduated from what is now National College of Business and Technology in Roanoke in 1929. After working in South Boston, Va., and in New Jersey, she came to Washington in 1933.
She was an executive secretary for Associated General Contractors, a trade association representing construction contractors, from 1933 to 1941. After leaving to raise her family, she returned to the association in 1957 and worked there until her retirement in 1969.
Mrs. Ellis lived in Arlington County before moving to Falls Church in 1949. She was a member of Dulin United Methodist Church in Falls Church.
Her husband of 57 years, Albert M. Ellis, died in 1994.
Survivors include two sons, James F. Ellis of Temple, Tex., and Robert M. Ellis of Salamanca, N.Y.; six grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
Robert B. WadeFBI Agent
Robert B. Wade, 62, a retired FBI agent who rose to high levels in the agency before becoming director of security for America Online, died Aug. 29 at his home in Fairfax. He had heart disease.
Since 2002, Mr. Wade was inspector for the Department of Energy's counterintelligence program. He was awarded the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal and the Attorney General's Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement.
He was born in Bremerton, Wash., and graduated from Western Washington State University. He received a master's degree in political science from the University of Washington in 1967. He served in the Army's intelligence branch in Korea and then joined the FBI in 1970.
Mr. Wade graduated from the National War College in 1984 and became assistant Soviet section chief of the FBI's National Security Division until 1992. He then was counterintelligence adviser at the CIA until 1994. He then returned to the FBI as special assistant to the assistant director of the agency's National Security Division.
After retiring from government work, Mr. Wade joined Dulles-based America Online in 1996 as its director of security until 2002, when he moved to the Department of Energy.
A voracious reader of magazines, he had an extra-large mailbox to accommodate all the materials he received. He read two Sunday newspapers cover to cover and devoured history books and the Harry Potter series. Mr. Wade was "never wishy-washy," his daughter said. "He had an opinion on everything. He was always ready to argue his point."
He was devoted to his family and friends.
Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Gail Wade of Fairfax; and two children, Rob Wade and Valerie Wade, both of Fairfax.
