Obituaries

She was a charter member of the Assistance League of Northern Virginia, a social service organization benefiting primarily young people and the elderly. She volunteered with Hunters Woods Fellowship House in Reston, assisting people with disabilities, and with the Greater Reston Newcomers and Neighbors Club.

She was also a member of the League of Women Voters and St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Reston.

Mrs. Daly was born in Syracuse, N.Y., and graduated cum laude from Syracuse University in 1948. She worked in radio, television and public relations in Syracuse for several years and was director of membership and publicity for the Syracuse YWCA from 1951 to 1953. She was director of public affairs at Le Moyne College in Syracuse from 1970 to 1972.

Her husband of 41 years, Mark Towse Daly, died in 1995.

Survivors include five children, Mark T. Daly Jr. of Tucson, John J. Daly of Irvine, Calif., Ann Daly McNerney of Oakton, Mary Elizabeth Daly of Alexandria and Patricia Daly Olsen of Grand Forks, N.D.; two sisters; and nine grandchildren.

Helen M. DanielsEnglish College Professor

Helen M. Daniels, 48, a college professor who studied for the ministry, died after a heart attack Nov. 17 at her home in Catonsville, Md.

Ms. Daniels taught English at the Community College of Baltimore County in Catonsville from 1998 to 2005 while she was studying at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington. She recently completed her clergy candidacy at Metropolitan Community Church in Baltimore, where she was also a board member.

Born in Laredo, Tex., she graduated from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh and received a master's degree in creative writing in 1980 from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, where she also did doctoral work. She taught at Hunter College in New York before moving to Maryland in 1998.

Survivors include her father, Daniel H. Daniels of Beaufort, S.C.; three sisters, Ann Zinsser of Silver Spring, Cindi Freilinger of Canton, Conn., and Frances Culley of Pittsburgh.

Doris B. KrezellExecutive Secretary, Church Volunteer

Doris Berry Krezell, 89, an executive secretary, died of pneumonia Nov. 17 at Washington Adventist Hospital. She lived at her daughter's home in College Park.

Mrs. Krezell was a sixth-generation Washingtonian. She grew up in Southwest Washington and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School.

She worked as an executive secretary for the Justice Department, Houses by Hughes Realty, Notre Dame Academy and Trinity University, from which she retired in 1994.

She volunteered at Holy Redeemer Catholic School and Church in College Park and enjoyed playing bridge and gardening.

Her husband, Stanley W. Krezell, died in 1951.

Survivors include two children, Charles Krezell of New York and Janet Cavanagh of College Park, and a grandson.