Obituaries

She later moved to Washington and served as an administrative secretary to first lady Eleanor Roosevelt in the early 1940s. During World War II, she moved to New York, where she was personnel director for the office of scientific research and development for the Manhattan Project, which helped develop the atomic bomb. From 1946 to 1954, she was a civilian staff training officer for the Army in New York.

In 1964, she received a master's degree in education from George Washington University, followed by a doctorate in education from GWU in 1969.

Dr. Petrenko was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Rockville and served on the Washington Catholic Archdiocese parish council. She was also a volunteer youth counselor.

Her marriage to Eugene Petrenko ended in divorce.

Survivors include a son, Michael E. Petrenko of Glenn Dale; and a brother.

Joyce Tomaloe ScruggsHospital Volunteer

Joyce Tomaloe Scruggs, 69, a homemaker who volunteered at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda from the time she was 14 and who once served as president of the hospital auxiliary, died of a heart attack Nov. 2 at her home in Rockville.

Mrs. Scruggs was a longtime member of the auxiliary and was its president from 1986 to 1988.

She was on the auxiliary board at a time when the auxiliary assumed a larger role in fundraising for the hospital, said Leslie Ford Weber, executive vice president for the Suburban Hospital Foundation, and "we continue to benefit from the legacy of her leadership."

Mrs. Scruggs was elected to a two-year term as vice president of the Maryland Association of Hospital Auxiliaries and was recognized in 1993 for providing more than 5,000 hours of volunteer service to Suburban Hospital.

She was born in Elizabeth, N.J., and grew up in Bethesda. She graduated from the Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington. After attending Georgetown Visitation Junior College, she worked in the pathology department at Georgetown University, where she met her husband.

Mrs. Scruggs enjoyed cheering on the sidelines at her children's sports activities, breeding dogs, cooking and gardening. The family had a home in Rehoboth Beach, Del., and she spent some of her most joyful days with family and friends on the Stockley Street beach there.

A son, David Marmion, died in infancy.