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Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Bonnetta Zanganeh of Falls Church; two children, David Zanganeh of the District and Leala Kurtzke of Vienna; two brothers and two sisters; and five grandchildren.

Mary Myers RayNative Washingtonian

Mary Myers Ray, 88, a native Washingtonian and a 1936 graduate of McKinley Technical High School, died Feb. 4 at Inova Loudoun Hospital. She had congestive heart failure.

Mrs. Ray, a McLean resident, briefly did administrative work at the Labor Department and Works Progress Administration before becoming a homemaker.

Her husband, Elmer Carroll Ray, whom she married in 1941, died in 1989. A daughter, Peggie Russell, died in 1998.

Survivors include three children, William C. Ray of Leesburg, Margie Ray McDevitt of Wayne, Pa., and Pattie Ray Snider of Potomac Falls, Va.; a sister, Betty Clem of Front Royal; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Delores Boswell WillisBakery Manager

Delores Boswell Willis, 74, a native Washingtonian and a bakery manager of Giant stores in Montgomery County in the 1960s, died Jan. 26 at Suburban Hospital. She had sepsis.

Mrs. Willis, a Bethesda resident, was a member of support groups for those with depression.

Her marriages to James T. Willis and Werner Rohling ended in divorce.

Survivors include two sons from her first marriage, James T. Willis Jr. of Silver Spring and John Willis of San Diego; and two granddaughters.


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