Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Howard Stanley WilliamsPatent Examiner, Consultant
Howard Stanley Williams, 77, a retired chemical patent examiner who in his second career made sure that Montgomery County road resurfacing was completed properly, died Oct. 18 at Sibley Memorial Hospital of complications from leukemia. He was a Potomac resident.
Mr. Williams worked for 30 years as an examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In 1987, after his federal retirement, he became a consultant to Montgomery's engineering, public works and transportation departments. His job involved checking contractors' supplies to make sure street repairs would meet county standards. He later did the same job for the private firm E2CR.
Born in Lynchburg, Va., he moved to Washington as a youth and graduated from Dunbar High School in 1947 as valedictorian. He graduated from what is now Hampton University and entered Howard University's dentistry school. Called into active duty with the Army during the Korean War, he served as headquarters and battery commander of a missile battalion in the Washington area. He resumed his studies at Howard, but a temporary job at the patent and trademark office became permanent, and Mr. Williams left school. He continued serving in the Army Reserve, recommended cadets for the U.S. Military Academy and retired at the rank of colonel in 1983.
He was an election judge and gave presentations in Montgomery schools on black inventors. He was a member of the Potomac United Methodist Church, where he volunteered with its mission on social concerns, United Methodist Men and feeding the homeless. He was a lay representative to the church's annual conference.
Mr. Williams enjoyed traveling across the United States and Europe, taking cruises and attending the Olympics in Spain. He also enjoyed landscaping his yard and displaying seasonal decorations.
Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Nadine Williams of Potomac; two daughters, Pamela Williams Riley of Potomac and Patrice Williams Vinston of Potomac; two sisters; and three grandchildren.
Francisco Roberto BayóDeputy Chief ActuaryFrancisco Bayó, 72, retired deputy chief actuary for the Social Security Administration, died Sept. 30 of a heart attack at his home in Orange Park, Fla. He was a former resident of Burtonsville.
Mr. Bayó, who was known as Frank, was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, and graduated from the University of Puerto Rico. He received a master's degree in actuarial science from the University of Michigan in 1954. After serving in the Army from 1958 to 1960, Mr. Bayó joined the Office of the Actuary.
He retired in 1998 and moved from Burtonsville to Florida.
Mr. Bayó was a member of the Society of Actuaries and the Knights of Columbus.
Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Lucy Bayó of Orange Park; two children, Mel Francisco Bayó of Burtonsville and Myrna Maria Bowers of Boston; a sister; and six grandchildren.
Joseph P. SpellmanTax AttorneyJoseph P. Spellman, 72, a retired tax lawyer, died Oct. 16 of congestive heart failure at his home in Sarasota, Fla. He was a former Reston resident.
Mr. Spellman was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and served in the Navy as a lieutenant junior grade from 1953 to 1956. He received a bachelor's degree in 1949 and a master's degree in the early 1950s, both from St. John's University. He received a law degree from the University of Michigan in 1959 and a master's degree in taxation from New York University in 1961.
He joined the U.S. Justice Department as a trial attorney in the late 1950s. In 1965, he moved with his family to Phoenix, where he worked as a tax specialist with the firm of Murphy, Posner and Franks. He returned to Washington two years later and worked as a tax attorney with the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. He retired in 1989. In retirement, he was a special correspondent for the professional journal Tax Notes.
His marriage to Louise Spellman ended in divorce.
Survivors include two children, Elizabeth Spellman and Joseph Spellman, both of Sarasota.
John J. 'Jack' BellFirefighterJohn Julian "Jack" Bell, 54, who retired in 2003 as a fire department captain at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head, Md., died Oct. 16 at his home in La Plata. He had heart disease.
Capt. Bell spent 30 years as a warfare center firefighter. Starting as a teenager, he also served more than 20 years with the Potomac Heights Volunteer Fire Department in Indian Head.
He was born in Washington and raised in Indian Head. He was a 1970 graduate of Henry E. Lackey High School in Indian Head. He received an associate's degree from Charles County Community College.
His hobbies included hunting and camping.
His marriage to Dianne Gardiner Bell ended in divorce.
Survivors include two sons, Matthew Bell of Baltimore and Nathan Bell of Annapolis; and two brothers, Larry Bell of Syracuse, N.Y., and Paul Bell of Baltimore.
Charles A. IarrobinoNavy AviatorCharles A. Iarrobino, 91, a retired Navy aviator, died Oct. 12 of cardiac arrest at Knollwood retirement community in the District. He had Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
Capt. Iarrobino was born in Natick, Mass. He received an undergraduate degree from Boston College in 1937 and his aviator's wings in Pensacola, Fla., in 1939.
When the United States entered World War II, he was assigned to the only aircraft carrier in the Atlantic at the time, the Norfolk-based USS Ranger. Shortly after, he was assigned to the carrier USS Essex in the Pacific, where he served as the senior landing signal officer from 1942 to 1944. He received the Legion of Merit with Combat V for "extraordinary skill" in landing countless planes, including more than 50 battle-damaged planes. He also received a Bronze Star with Combat V and the Presidential Unit Citation for training carrier-based pilots and landing signal officers during the final year of the war.
During the Korean War, he served as air officer on the carrier USS Princeton and was also commander of Carrier Air Group 7. He attended the National War College in 1959 and in 1962 served as commanding officer of the USS Mount Katmai, an ammunition ship, and the USS Oriskany, an aircraft carrier.
Capt. Iarrobino moved with his family to Falls Church in 1956 and was active in St. Anthony of Padua parish. He worked at the Pentagon in long-ranging planning during the last few years of his military career and retired in 1970.
In retirement, he spent part of every year in Ireland, where he owned a home near Athlone on the River Shannon. He also enjoyed attending Boston Red Sox games and Boston College sporting events.
His wife, Jessie Bourneuf Iarrobino, died in 1980. A son, Robert Brian Iarrobino, died in 1998.
Survivors include two children, Charles Iarrobino Jr. of Santa Fe, N.M., and Anne Barter of Bethesda; two sisters, Mary Balzarini of Dedham, Mass., and Nancy Wischnowski of Washington; a brother, Joseph Iarrobino of Valyermo, Calif.; and two grandchildren.
Alva B. Bundren Jr.Army Lieutenant ColonelAlva Bartlett Bundren Jr., 74, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and systems analyst for defense contractors, died Oct. 9 at Capital Hospice in Arlington. He had complications from liver disease.
Col. Bundren was a native of Knoxville, Tenn., and a 1955 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. He became an Army Ranger and served two tours of duty in the Vietnam War.
His final active-duty assignment, in 1979, was for the Joint Chiefs of Staff as a specialist in troop training and development. His decorations included two awards of the Bronze Star.
In the 1980s and 1990s, he was a planner and systems analyst for defense contractors BDM, Mitre Corp. and Titan Corp.
He spent the past decade as a volunteer at Oakton Elementary School, where he helped first-graders with remedial reading. He was a former board member and vice president of the Towlston Meadows Civic Association in Vienna, his place of residence.
He was a Mason and Shriner and a member of a local group concerned with slowing traffic and growth in Tysons Corner. He also was a longtime Washington Redskins season ticket holder.
Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Valerie Ninnis Bundren of Vienna; four children, Bill Bundren of Millersville, Nancy Andrews of Sterling, Sally Carling of Manassas and David Bundren of Oak Hill, Va.; and 11 grandchildren.
Keith MurphyMaster Automotive TechnicianKeith Philip Murphy, 56, a master automotive technician who spent most of his career at Connecticut Avenue Amoco in Northwest Washington, died Oct. 21 at the Washington Home hospice. He had renal failure.
Mr. Murphy briefly worked at his brother's business, Murphy Bros. Automotive in Kensington, before stopping work in 1991 after being diagnosed with kidney cancer.
He was born in Washington and attended Wilson High School and Bell Vocational School. He then served six years in the Army, based in Washington.
He was a member of the American Legion and was a motorcycle enthusiast. At his death, he was a Silver Spring resident.
His marriage to Patricia Ford Murphy ended in divorce.
Survivors include his wife of 16 years, Alice Socey Murphy of Silver Spring; and a brother, Brian L. Murphy of Fairfax County.
John W. Glendening Jr.Energy LawyerJohn W. Glendening Jr., 89, a retired energy lawyer, died Oct. 15 of cardiac arrest at his home in McLean.
Mr. Glendening was born in Jackson, Mich., and grew up near Pittsburgh and Maplewood, N.J. He received a bachelor's degree in 1938 from Colgate University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received a law degree from Cornell University in 1941 and was editor of the Law Review.
During World War II, he served in the Marines Corps as a B-25 instructor pilot at Cherry Point Naval Air Station, N.C. He also served briefly in the Philippines and China.
After the war, he worked for Commonwealth Services, an energy consulting company, and then founded the New York law firm of Glendening and Schmid, representing natural-gas distribution companies in New England before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The firm moved to Washington in 1973 and in 1987 merged with the Chicago law firm of what is now Schiff Hardin.
Mr. Glendening, who retired in the early 1980s, was an active member of National Presbyterian Church. He maintained a lifelong association with Colgate, serving on the alumni board from 1973 to 1977 and on the board of trustees from 1978 to 1984. He received the James B. Colgate Award for service to the university.
His wife, Catherine Long Glendening, died in 2000.
Survivors include three sons, John Glendening III of Salinas, Calif., Robert L. Glendening of Laconia, N.H., and Bruce B. Glendening of McLean; and three grandchildren.
James Reid Gouge Jr.EngineerJames Reid Gouge Jr., 78, who worked for several engineering firms before retiring from the Mitro Corp., died of multiple myeloma Oct. 11 at the Capital Hospice in Falls Church. He was a resident of Vienna.
Mr. Gouge was born in Washington and graduated from McKinley Technical High School. He then enlisted in the Navy and served during World War II and the Korean conflict.
In 1958, he graduated from the University of Maryland engineering institute. He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Eta Kappa Nu and Omicron Delta Kappa.
He volunteered with the science departments at Herndon Middle School and Mountain View high school in Centreville, demonstrating science activities. He also volunteered to feed the homeless. He was active in Vienna Baptist Church for nearly 40 years.
He enjoyed sports, especially golf, and he refereed youth soccer for several years.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Gardner Gouge of Vienna; two children, Amy Richards of Sterling and James Gardner Gouge of Centreville; and six grandchildren.
Pauline P. BealeBusinesswomanPauline P. Beale, 62, who had a 30-year career in government sales and contracting, died of colon cancer Sept. 27 at Capital Hospice in Arlington.
Mrs. Beale retired in June from All Business Systems Inc. She previously worked for Tab Business Products Inc. as the metropolitan Washington manager.
She was born in Fort Devens, Mass., and grew up in Red Bank, N.J. She graduated from Brookdale Community College in Long Branch, N.J., and moved to the Washington area in 1976.
Survivors include her husband of 18 years, Sean Beale of Fairfax; a daughter, Alixandra Shea Beale of Fairfax; three brothers; and a sister.
Edward R. McGivernCIA OfficerEdward Robert McGivern, 70, a Central Intelligence Agency officer, died of liver cancer Oct. 18 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He lived in Vienna.
His first tour of duty for the CIA was in Vietnam in 1964. His overseas posts included Taichung, Taiwan, for Mandarin language instruction; Taipei, Taiwan; Burma; Singapore; Hong Kong and Indonesia.
Born in Butte, Mont., Mr. McGivern joined the Navy and then graduated from Carroll College in Helena, Mont. He attended graduate school at the University of Montana.
Mr. McGivern, who came to the Washington area in 1963, retired in 1994. He enjoyed golf and the company of his friends at the Vienna Inn, and he helped his wife in her bead business.
Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Star McGivern of Vienna; four children, Edward L. McGivern of Burke, Kay McGivern of Fairfax, Shana Davis of Vienna and Mike McGivern of Butte; a brother; two sisters; and six grandchildren.
Josephine Cascio PuglisiHomemaker, Church MemberJosephine Rose Cascio Puglisi, 86, a homemaker and church member, died after a heart attack Oct. 22 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. She lived in Fairfax County.
She was born in New Lexington, Ohio, and moved to Washington as a child, graduating from the old Nativity High School. She became a bookkeeper, working at the investment building on K Street NW downtown.
She married and became involved with volunteer work through her church, St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in Anacostia. Mrs. Puglisi and her friends operated a catering business in Hillcrest Heights for a number of years. More recently, she made dinners for her grandsons' high school varsity football teams.
Her husband of 65 years, Joseph Puglisi, died in 2003.
Survivors include four daughters, Nancy Ciatti, Linda Zanelotti, Joanne Chrisinger and Mary Margaret Gleason, all of Fairfax County; nine grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
Elizabeth Morris BarksdaleAdministrative AideElizabeth Morris Barksdale, 84, an administrative aide in a physician's office, died of pulmonary and cardiac diseases Oct. 22 at Inova Alexandria Hospital.
A lifelong Alexandrian, she graduated from George Washington High School and worked for the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. before working for Dr. Martin Delaney Jr.
An expert housekeeper, she also enjoyed traveling and making intricate Christmas decorations.
Survivors include her husband of 56 years, O.B. Barksdale of Alexandria.