Obituaries

Frank Alvin SchreinerInsurance Company Owner

Frank Alvin Schreiner, 95, who owned and operated the Al Schreiner Insurance Agency from the early 1960s until his retirement in 1973, died of respiratory failure Dec. 30 at his home in Alexandria.

Mr. Schreiner previously worked for the Alexandria First National Bank in the 1930s and the Graham & Ogden real estate and insurance firm in the 1940s and 1950s.

He was born in Baltimore at his aunt's home and raised in Alexandria. He graduated from Alexandria High School in 1929, then attended the American Institute of Banking, Ben Franklin University and Strayer College in Washington.

He was a member of the Alexandria Kiwanis Club for more than 50 years and a lifelong member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Alexandria. He played softball on local teams, bowled in duckpin leagues, enjoyed collecting stamps and was a vegetable gardener.

A son, Richard Schreiner, died in 1987.

Survivors include his wife of 70 years, Hazel Kline Schreiner of Alexandria; two daughters, Betty Gunter of Dale City and Nancy Schneider of Annapolis; four grandsons; and four great-grandchildren.

Geraldine S. SmithVolunteer

Geraldine S. Smith, 90, a volunteer at the Trinity Episcopal Church thrift shop in Arlington, died of renal failure Dec. 21 at Goodwin House Bailey's Crossroads, a Falls Church retirement home.

Mrs. Smith lived at Goodwin House for 16 years. She came to the Washington area in 1990 from Columbus, Ohio, where she had raised her family and spent most of her adult life.

She was born in Souderton, Pa., and served as a first lieutenant in the Women's Army Corps during World War II.

She was a charter member of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial in Arlington.

Her husband, A. Alton Smith, died in 1997.

Survivors include a son, David A. Smith of McLean, and a grandson.