Obituaries

She lived in Baltimore from 1944 to 1955, when she moved to Forestville. She was a member of the Suitland Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Her husband of 48 years, Boleslaw Dominick Zukowski, died in 1989.

Survivors include two sons, Jan B. Zukowski of Edgewater and Robert E. Zukowski of Richmond; a sister; and a grandson.

Richard Francis DownsHealth-Care Consultant

Richard Francis Downs, 94, a retired health-care consultant, died of cardiopulmonary arrest Sept. 19 at Cherrydale Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arlington.

Mr. Downs was born in Calumet City, Ill. He joined the Navy in 1942 and taught radio electronics at Great Lakes Naval Station in Chicago and Treasure Island Naval Station in San Francisco Bay.

After World War II ended, he returned to his home town and worked as a supervisor at Lever Brothers Co. He married and had four children, and after the GI Bill was enacted, he moved his family to California, where he graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at Berkeley in two years. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

He went to work in 1950 for U.S. Rep. John F. Shelley, a newly elected Democrat, and moved to Arlington. He spent 10 years on Capitol Hill. Mr. Downs retired in 1975 from the now-defunct Gordon Friesen International as a health-care consultant.

His wife of 66 years, Katherine E. Downs, died in 2002. A son, James C. Downs, died in 1992.

Survivors include three daughters, Judith D. Tinelli of Falls Church, Katherine D. Foster of Fredericksburg, Tex., and Marie D. Kyriakeas of Stoupa, Greece; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Zoe J. GadonasHomemaker, Restaurateur

Zoe J. Gadonas, 93, who worked in her family's Majestic Cafe in Old Town Alexandria for 20 years, died of peripheral vascular disease Sept. 7 at her home in Alexandria.

Mrs. Gadonas was primarily a homemaker until her husband, John D. Gadonas, died in 1958. He had started the iconic, white-tablecloth restaurant on King Street in 1935; it attracted judges, baseball star Walter "Big Train" Johnson and entertainer Arthur Godfrey. After her husband's death, Mrs. Gadonas and their daughter Pauline operated the restaurant until it closed in 1978.

Mrs. Gadonas was born in Macedonia, Greece, in October 1912, the same week that Macedonians rebelled against Ottoman rule. The rifle shots that traditionally accompanied a birth announcement were accompanied that week with cannon fire.

She married in 1934 and moved to the United States the following year. She was an avid gardener and loved to cook, and was well known for her pastries. She was a member of St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church, the Philoptohos Society, the Daughters of Penelope and the Pan-Macedonian Association of Washington.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her daughters Pauline J. Gadonas in 1997 and Eugenia J. Gadonas in 2002.

Survivors include a son, Demetrios "Jim" Gadonas of Alexandria; and two grandchildren.