Obituaries

Paul O. KirrkammNBC Engineering Supervisor

Paul Otto Kirrkamm, 82, who spent 37 years with NBC News and retired in 1984 as an engineering supervisor, died Oct. 7 at his home in Silver Spring. He had throat cancer.

Mr. Kirrkamm worked for NBC News in his native Cleveland before moving to the Washington area in 1957.

He was a graduate of the Midland Radio School in Kansas City, Mo., in 1943. He was a chief radio operator in the Merchant Marines in the Pacific during World War II.

His memberships included Hughes United Methodist Church in Wheaton, the Anne Arundel Radio Club, the American Legion and the Association of Washington Executive Broadcast Engineers

He formerly was a volunteer tour guide at the Radio & Television Museum in Bowie.

His avocations included ham radio, boating and golf.

His wife, Mary Crawford Kirrkamm, whom he married in 1942, died in 1991. A daughter, Paula Townsend, died in 1998.

Survivors include three daughters, Kathy Berry of Churchton, Md., Kris Iskow of Bowie and Linda Lane of Gainesville, Fla.; and seven grandchildren.