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Obituaries
She graduated from Washington-Lee High School and Southern Seminary and Junior College in Buena Vista, Va.
She worked as an administrative assistant for the CIA before her marriage in 1955 to Charles Kane, a Navy officer. She accompanied him on his assignments in Honolulu, London, Jacksonville, Fla., and the Washington area.
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After her husband's retirement, the couple traveled to England, Scotland, Ireland, Russia, Canada, Mexico and Scandinavia.
In addition to her husband, of Alexandria, survivors include two daughters, Melissa "Li" Evans Kane of Roanoke, Va., and Elizabeth "Betsy" Clarke Kane Wilson of Destin, Fla., and a grandson.
Helen CoxBoard Member, Volunteer
Helen Hart Cox, 81, a prolific member of boards and civic organizations in Alexandria, died March 3 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. She had Parkinson's disease.
Mrs. Cox was a Richmond native and a graduate of Hollins University in Virginia. She settled in Alexandria in 1966.
She was member of Alexandria's Old Presbyterian Meeting House, where she taught Sunday school for 15 years and served on architectural restoration and other committees.
She was a former board member of the Alexandria Community Y (now the Campagna Center) and was a former chairman of its Christmas Walk fundraiser.
She also served on the board of the Alexandria Library Company, a predecessor of the city's public library that also maintains a collection of Southern history.
She was a former president of the Hunting Creek Garden Club in Fairfax County.
She volunteered at the Mount Vernon Mental Health Center in Alexandria; was a docent at Gunston Hall plantation, the Mason Neck home of Colonial-era figure George Mason; and was a docent and board member at the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop museum in Alexandria.
Her memberships included Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria, Daughters of the American Revolution and National Society of the Colonial Dames of America.
She also belonged to book and bridge clubs.
Survivors include her husband of 54 years, James P. Cox Jr. of Alexandria; four children, Mary Olivia MacLeod and Helen H. Cox, both of Alexandria, James P. Cox III of Charlottesville and Thomas H. Cox of La Jolla, Calif.; and five grandchildren.
William H. StapletonFBI Agent
William H. Stapleton, 88, a retired special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, died of cancer Feb. 10 at Reston Hospital Center in Reston. He was a longtime Alexandria resident before moving to Reston in the early 1980s.
Mr. Stapleton was born in New York. After graduating from high school, he worked as a clerk in the FBI's New York office and then served in the Marine Corps for three years during World War II. He re-joined the bureau in 1945 and received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Fordham University in 1951.
During his career as an FBI agent, Mr. Stapleton served in the Richmond and Washington field offices, as well as at FBI headquarters. As a special agent, he was involved in criminal investigations and counterintelligence work and rose through the ranks at FBI headquarters in the crime records division. For nearly 20 years, he was the face and voice of the bureau, appearing on television and radio locally and nationwide.
A highlight of his career was his work establishing the FBI headquarters tour that, under his direction, became a top Washington attraction. He recruited and trained hundreds of tour leaders and representatives of the bureau and was instrumental in introducing women into the ranks of professional tour leaders. In addition, he was the bureau's official VIP emissary and welcomed celebrities and heads of state to the offices, shooting ranges and labs at FBI headquarters.
Mr. Stapleton retired in 1973. From 1974 to 1977, he was staff director of the U.S. House of Representatives' Internal Security Committee before retiring a second time.
He was a member of the Fordham Club of Washington, the Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and president of the Orchard Green Residents Association.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Alice Patricia Stapleton of Reston; three children, William H. Stapleton Jr. of Alexandria, Joan Stapleton Tooley of Billings, Mont., and Eileen P. Stapleton Keller of Lake Forest, Ill.; and four grandchildren.
Joseph E. DoughertyHHS Official
Joseph E. Dougherty, 71, an official with the Department of Health and Human Services who helped establish early policies regarding Medicaid, died Feb. 14 of lung cancer at his home in Chevy Chase.
Mr. Dougherty was born in Hazelton, Pa., and was a 1955 graduate of Mount St. Mary's College -- now University -- in Emmitsburg, Md. After serving in the Marine Corps, he moved to Washington in the late 1950s to work for what then was Riggs Bank.
He later worked as a bank examiner for the Treasury Department and as an accountant with Blue Cross and Blue Shield. He spent about 20 years at Health and Human Services and retired in 1993.
Mr. Dougherty was a member of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Washington. In retirement, he enjoyed playing golf.
His wife, Peggy Jo Dougherty, died in 1987.
Survivors include a daughter, Shannon Dougherty of Bladensburg.