Obituaries

She learned to speak Spanish and Indonesian while preparing for research projects in Mexico, the Philippines, Honduras and Costa Rica and for a U.S. Agency for International Development coastal resources management project in Sulawesi, Indonesia. From 1989 until 2000, she was a coastal development analyst for the California Coastal Conservancy.

Her marriage to Steven Forest ended in divorce.

Survivors include her partner, Andrew Eisenberg of Baltimore; two sons, Brian J. Forest of Berkeley and Aaron C. Forest of Hayward, Calif.; a sister; and three brothers.

Nelson T. Snyder IIIArmy Captain, Business Owner

Nelson Taylor Snyder III, 82, a retired Army captain and owner of Pest Proof Inc., an extermination business in Fairfax County, died Dec. 25 at his home in the Alexandria part of Fairfax County. He had lung cancer.

Capt. Snyder was an Alexandria native and attended George Washington High School and what is now Longwood University in Farmville, Va.

He served in the Army infantry during World War II in North Africa, Sicily and Europe. He participated in the D-Day invasion and the Battle of the Bulge. He later served in the artillery during the Korean War. His final active-duty assignment, in 1966, was at Fort Sill, Okla.

Afterward, he settled in the Washington area in 1966 and worked for Orkin pest control before starting his own business about 1970. He retired in 1986.

His military decorations included the Bronze Star. He was a former commander of American Legion Post 24 in Alexandria.

His avocations included gardening and bridge.

His marriage to Jane Turner Snyder ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Rotraut Rinneberg Snyder of Fairfax; two children from his second marriage, Gwendolyn Smuts of Richmond and N. Kurt Snyder of Burke; and four grandchildren.

Margaret S. 'Missy' MooneyAdministrative Assistant

Margaret Schreier "Missy" Mooney, 68, who for the past seven years had been an administrative assistant for Edward N. Bodurian, a Chevy Chase-based cardiologist, died Dec. 26 at her home in Rockville. She had lung cancer.