Obituaries

William Darley SmithCIA Finance Officer

William Darley Smith, 69, a retired CIA finance officer, died Jan. 25 at his home in Fairfax. He had Parkinson's disease and dementia.

Mr. Smith was born in Logan, Utah, and was raised there and in Idaho.

After serving in the Marine Corps in Japan from 1954 to 1956, he graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor's degree in political science and history.

He worked for an aeronautical engineering firm in Utah before 1963, when he moved to the Washington area to begin a career with the CIA. Most of his 23-year career was spent in the agency's budget and finance section and included tours of duty in Asia and Africa.

He also was an active member of the Linden Square Homeowners Association and a classical and jazz music aficionado.

Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Helen Markowski Smith of Fairfax; two daughters, Michelle Simmons of Springfield and Nan Zacharias of Safety Harbor, Fla.; his mother, Edith D. Swain of Twin Falls, Idaho; two brothers; and a granddaughter.

Mary Anne AndersonChurch Member, Volunteer

Mary Anne Anderson, 74, a church member and volunteer, died of complications from diabetes Jan. 9 at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Towson. She lived in Lutherville.

Mrs. Anderson, who attended Mass at the Carmelite Monastery in Towson, was involved in the International Community for Renewal of the Earth, a spiritual and environmental movement. She was also part of the Christian Family Movement.

Born Mary Anne O'Brien in Washington, she graduated from the Academy of the Holy Names in Silver Spring and Georgetown Visitation Junior College. She was a 1953 graduate of Trinity College in Washington.

She married and moved with her husband to Bedford, N.Y., where she was a homemaker and volunteer, hosting inner-city children through New York's Fresh Air Fund and raising puppies destined to be guide dogs through the Guiding Eyes for the Blind program.

The couple relocated to Middletown, Md., in 1993, joined Holy Family Catholic Church there, and in 2001 moved to Lutherville.

Survivors include her husband of 49 years, Bernard F. Anderson of Lutherville; five children, Ken Anderson of Timonium, Md., Tim Anderson of Colleyville, Tex., Don Anderson of Everett, Wash., Margaret Ann Connors of Clinton, N.J., and Regina DiFucci of Mount Olive, N.J.; a brother, George O'Brien, and two sisters, Margaret O'Brien and Helen MacCollum, all of Silver Spring; and 12 grandchildren.