Monday, January 9, 2006
William C. AndrusFormer Takoma Park Resident
William Charles Andrus, 71, a former Takoma Park resident, died Dec. 30 at United Hospital Center in Clarksburg, W.Va. He had myelodysplastic syndrome/acute leukemia.
Mr. Andrus, a resident of Buckhannon, W.Va., was born in Takoma Park and finished high school in Ithaca, Mich. He served in the Army for two years and was stationed in West Germany. He graduated from Central Michigan University.
He taught industrial arts at Weston State Hospital and worked at Corhart Refractories Corp., both in West Virginia. He retired as a custodian from the Upshur County school system in 1996.
A son, Patrick Andrus, died in 1977.
Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Patty Tenney Andrus of Buckhannon; two children, Jeffrey Andrus of York, S.C., and Wendy Andrus of Buckhannon; a sister, Mary Ellen May of Laurel; and two grandchildren.
Elisabeth M. ZeutschelMeetings ManagerElisabeth Maria Zeutschel, 74, a meetings manager with the American Association for the Advancement of Science until she retired in 1991, died of cancer Dec. 31 at Powhatan Nursing Home in Falls Church. She was a former resident of Arlington.
Ms. Zeutschel was born and grew up in Bonn. She moved to Montreal in 1957, where she was a medical secretary at the Pathology Institute of McGill University.
She came to Washington in 1960 and worked for several medical institutions. She spent the last 15 years of her career with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She became an American citizen in 1965.
She leaves no survivors.
Evelyn Kathleen FindleyNurse, Homemaker
Evelyn Kathleen Findley, 80, a retired nurse and homemaker, died of cancer Dec. 30 at Powhatan Nursing Home in Falls Church.
She worked at the old Columbia Hospital for Women Medical Center in Washington until 1979 and more recently taught crafts for Arlington County Senior Services.
She was born in Port Vue, Pa., and moved to the Washington area after her marriage. Until shortly before death, she was a resident of The Jefferson in Arlington.
Her husband, John Edward Findley, died in 1994.
Survivors include two children, John E. Findley of Herndon and Amy Susan Findley Daughtrey of Raleigh, N.C.; and five grandchildren.
Robert Chester BaughmanMarine ColonelRobert Chester Baughman, 74, a Marine Corps colonel and pilot, died Dec. 21 of cancer at The Fairfax military retirement community at Fort Belvoir.
Col. Baughman was born in Greensburg, Pa., and raised in Wellesley, Mass. He joined the Marines in 1952 and became a pilot in 1954.
He served two tours of duty in Vietnam, in 1965-66 and 1969-70, as a fighter pilot. He also served in Lebanon and the Dominican Republic.
He attended Bucknell University and graduated from the University of Maryland.
Col. Baughman retired from the Marine Corps in 1982. He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Air Medal.
He was a champion skeet shooter and a member of the Fairfax Rod & Gun Club and Andrews Air Force Base gun club. He was also a member of the Marine Corps Aviation Association.
His wife of 39 years, Julia H. Baughman, died in 1998.
Survivors include two children, Robin E. Baughman of Kensington and Barry H. Baughman of Beaufort, N.C.; and two brothers.
Eleanor RuppertAdministrative AideEleanor Ruppert, 78, a former administrative assistant at the Pentagon, died Jan. 2 of respiratory failure at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital. She lived in Clifton.
Mrs. Ruppert worked at the Pentagon for 30 years, retiring in 1980 as administrative assistant to the secretary of defense.
She was born in Pottstown, Pa., and came to the Washington area in 1950. She was a graduate of George Mason University and a former member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Arlington.
Survivors include her husband of 50 years, Thomas Otto Ruppert of Clifton; a son, Thomas Ruppert III of Annapolis; and a sister.
Anne MealyHomemaker, VolunteerAnne Mealy, 80, a homemaker, volunteer and church member, died Dec. 31 of end-stage rheumatoid arthritis at her daughter's home in Arlington. She also had been an Arlington resident.
Mrs. Mealy was born in Beechhurst, N.Y., and graduated from Hunter College in New York City. She moved to the Washington area 35 years ago and volunteered with Meals on Wheels and was a bookkeeper for St. Timothy Catholic Church in Chantilly.
Her husband, John "Jack" Mealy, died in 1979.
Survivors include four children, Peter Mealy of Fredericksburg, Jack Mealy of San Francisco, Susan Gunerson of Arlington and Greg Mealy of Wilmington, Del.; three siblings; and three grandchildren.
Elizabeth StantChurch MemberElizabeth Komaromy Stant, 97, a church member and homemaker, died of congestive heart failure Jan. 2 at Manor Care Health Services in Wheaton. She lived in Silver Spring.
Mrs. Stant was born in Toledo. She moved to Washington in 1934 to set up the office of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America, a fraternal insurance company, until the home office could permanently move here two years later.
She sang in the choir at Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church in Washington, where she also volunteered, and later in life was an elder, trustee and president of several women's groups at Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Stant also was past president of the Woman's Club of Chevy Chase and of a chapter of the PEO Sisterhood.
Her husband of 35 years, Norman A. Stant, died in 1979.
Survivors include two sons, Norman L. Stant of Silver Spring and Kenneth W. Stant of Point of Rocks.
Sari E. PartridgeCIA Language AnalystSari E. Partridge, 90, a retired language analyst at the CIA, died of pneumonia Dec. 23 at Manor Care Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Arlington. She was a longtime Arlington resident.
Mrs. Partridge was born in Whaleybridge, England, and moved as a child to Hungary with her parents. In 1944, she and her mother secretly crossed the border into Austria, where friends gave them sanctuary. They later moved to Wheeling, W.Va.
She graduated from Wellesley College. Fluent in Hungarian and German, she was immediately hired by the CIA, where she stayed until her 1988 retirement.
Her first marriage to Count Steven D. Haller ended in divorce.
She was an avid swimmer and met her second husband, Daniel Partridge III, while both were surfing rough seas off the Delaware coast. He died in 1974.
Survivors include a daughter, Ilona Gants of Falls Church, and a granddaughter.
Linda MorseAID Health AdministratorLinda Morse, 55, a global health administrator for the Agency for International Development, died Jan. 1 of complications from a heart attack at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington. She lived in Arlington.
She had been an employee of AID for 30 years and, two months ago, received the Administrator's Distinguished Career Service Award, the agency's highest award. She had won the Presidential Meritorious Honor Award in 1989 and 2000.
For the past two years, she was AID's senior deputy assistant administrator of the Bureau for Global Health, in charge of 225 people and allocation of $1.2 billion in assistance.
She previously was senior deputy assistant administrator of the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, director of AID in India, deputy assistant director of the Asia and Near East Bureau, and deputy director of AID in Morocco and Haiti. She had also held several previous positions as a health adviser in AID and with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
She was born in Worcester, Mass., and graduated from Barnard College. She received a master's degree in social work from the University of Michigan in 1974 and a master's degree in public health from Harvard University in 1975.
She had lived in the Washington area since 1976.
Survivors include a brother, Jerry Morse of McLean.
Evelyn Victoria KatsVolunteer, HomemakerEvelyn Victoria Kats, 87, a homemaker and volunteer, died Dec. 29 at an assisted living facility in Pleasant Hill, Calif. She had Alzheimer's disease.
Mrs. Kats lived in Washington for 50 years. She was a volunteer with the American Heart Association, the March of Dimes and PTAs at schools in Hillcrest Heights, where she lived. She was also a member of Lutheran Church of Reformation on Capitol Hill.
She was born in Athol, Kan., and attended the University of Kansas. She worked as a bookkeeper until her marriage to William Kats, who was former administrative assistant to Rep. Wint Smith (R-Kan.) and Sen. Bob Dole. She lived in the District between 1949 and 1999.
Her husband died in 1984.
Survivors include a son, William Kats Jr. of San Francisco; a brother; and two grandsons.
Anita J. JoyceMathematics ProfessorAnita J. Joyce, 59, a professor of mathematics at Montgomery College, died of cancer Jan. 2 at Casey House hospice in Rockville. She lived in Gaithersburg.
Mrs. Joyce taught mathematics at the Rockville and Germantown campuses of Montgomery College for 22 years. She had been a junior high school math teacher in Lynchburg, Va., and Windsor, Conn., for five years before moving to Gaithersburg 32 years ago.
She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduated from the University of Connecticut. She earned a master's degree in mathematics in 1973 from Central Connecticut State University.
She was a vestry member and parish treasurer at St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Damascus, where she also served as a church lay reader and a member of the Jubilate Ringers hand-bell choir. She enjoyed spending time with family, reading at the beach, completing logic and word puzzles and watching science fiction movies.
Survivors include her husband, William E. Joyce of Gaithersburg; two children, David W. Joyce of Annapolis and Beth E.J. Jorgensen of Gaithersburg; her mother, Josephine Jackson of Bloomfield, Conn.; and two brothers.