Obituaries

A native Washingtonian who lived in the District until 1988, Miss Clark graduated from George Washington University and began writing for McGraw-Hill trade papers, the New Orleans Times-Picayune and Aviation Week. She was a member of the White House Correspondents' Association.

During World War II, she was an economic analyst for the D.C. Minimum Wage Board, investigating women's employment in the civilian war effort. Later, she worked for the War Production Board and its successor, the Civilian Production Administration, where she headed the news campaign for veterans housing.

During the Korean War, she was a press officer for the news division of the National Production Authority.

Miss Clark wrote an anecdotal account of her mother's family, "The Clagetts of Keokuk" (1986), receiving an award from the Prince George's County Historical Society for the work.

She leaves no immediate survivors.

Edward Magruder CookFDIC Employee

Edward Magruder Cook, 82, a retired Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. employee, died of complications of a stroke March 2 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He lived in Oakton.

Mr. Cook worked for the FDIC until his retirement in 1981. Previously, he worked as an educational training officer for the Internal Revenue Service and the Census Bureau.

He was born in Omaha and raised in Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas. Mr. Cook served in the Army during World War II in the North African and European theaters and was awarded three Bronze Stars.

After the war, he graduated from the University of Arkansas and worked briefly as a public school teacher in Arlington County in the 1950s before joining the federal government.

He was a longtime member of and volunteer for Vienna Presbyterian Church, Toastmasters International and the American Red Cross. He enjoyed classical music, literature, real fireplaces, travel and the outdoors.

His wife of 51 years, Joanne Cook, died in 2003.

Survivors include four sons, Edward Cook Jr. of Tel Aviv, Craig Cook of Burke, Robert Cook of Huntsville, Ala., and Brian Cook of Greensboro, N.C.; and eight grandchildren.