Obituaries

Mr. Eskite, a Mount Airy resident, enjoyed woodworking, jewelry making, silversmithing and genealogy.

Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Betty Cameron Eskite of Mount Airy; three children, Richard C. Eskite of Pacifica, Calif., Susan J. Eskite of Gaithersburg and Ross A. Eskite of Monrovia; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

Frederick W. FosterProbation, Parole Officer

Frederick Walter Foster, 83, who spent 20 years as a probation and parole officer at U.S. District Court in Washington before retiring in 1986, died Oct. 19 at ManorCare Fair Oaks nursing home in Fairfax County. He had Alzheimer's disease.

Mr. Foster, a Fairfax City resident, was a native of Providence, R.I., and a 1951 graduate of Providence College.

He served in the Navy in the South Pacific during World War II and was recalled to active duty in the early 1950s. He became an aviator, left active duty in 1958 and retired from the reserve in 1973 at the rank of commander.

He was a probation officer in Rhode Island before settling in the Washington area in 1966.

Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Mary Elizabeth Rettenmyer "Bette" Foster of Fairfax City; three sons, Eric J. Foster of the Alexandria section of Fairfax County, Kirk S. Foster of Nokesville and Alan H. Foster of Dulles; and five grandchildren.

Eileen Sheila LindeCustomer Support Representative

Eileen Sheila Linde, 77, who worked in customer support for eight years at HomeTech, a Bethesda company that provides software, books and seminars for home remodelers, died Oct. 14 of complications of a heart attack at Suburban Hospital.

She was born Eileen Sheila Dhanda in Oxford, England, and at age 2 moved with her parents to her father's hometown of Indore, India. When she was 5, she returned with her mother to Oxford.

In 1947, she moved to California, where she received a bachelor's degree from Mills College in Oakland. She received a master's degree in American history from Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Mass., in 1952.

Mrs. Linde moved to Washington and worked in cultural affairs at the Indian Embassy, as a program officer the American Council on Education and as a program assistant for the Government Affairs Institute for five years. She married and was a homemaker until after her children grew up.

She was a lifelong Democrat.