Obituaries
Obituaries
Tuesday, February 13, 2007; Page B08
Walter Dexter Warren Jr.Advertising, Business Manager
Walter Dexter Warren Jr., 95, a former advertising and business manager with W.C. & A.N. Miller Development Co., died Feb. 2 of a heart attack at his home in Bethesda.
Mr. Warren was born in Winthrop, Mass., and graduated in 1933 from the University of Virginia.
He moved to Washington that same year to become Washington correspondent for a consortium of New England newspapers. From 1935 to 1961, he worked in the real estate advertising department of the Washington Star newspaper, eventually becoming manager of display advertising. From 1964 until his retirement in 1986, he was advertising and business manager for W.C. & A.N. Miller's Leaves magazine.
Mr. Warren was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Chevy Chase, the Friendship Lions Club and Kenwood Country Club.
A daughter, Judith Marich, died in 1999. His wife, Lillian Stelzer Warren, died in 2005.
Survivors include three children, Richard Warren of Salisbury, Dr. Roger Warren of St. Kitts, West Indies, and Mary Elizabeth Spinks of Middletown, N.Y.; three grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
Lawrence C. Dalley Jr.Insurance Executive
Lawrence Cutting Dalley Jr., 79, an insurance executive, died Feb. 5 of Parkinson's disease at his home in Princeton, N.J. A former resident of the District, he moved to Princeton in 2005.
Mr. Dalley was born in New York and graduated in 1948 from Yale University, where he was captain of the varsity hockey and football teams. Also while he was at Yale, he sang with several a cappella groups and continued his love of singing with the Washington-based Augmented Eight.
He moved to Washington in 1948 and worked as an executive in the insurance industry throughout his career. He also served briefly with the Foreign Service in Kolkata, India, before returning to Washington to raise a family and pursue a career in insurance. He retired from the brokerage firm Dalley & Associates in 1991.
Mr. Dalley was past director and president of the Yale Club of Washington and past president of the Chevy Chase Club, where he spearheaded the construction of the ice skating rink and Winter Center. He also was a regional representative for his alma mater, Phillips Academy Andover, and was co-founder of the Potomac School fathers' club. He was a member of the Metropolitan Club.
A gifted athlete, Mr. Dalley continued playing and coaching hockey well into his adult life. He also was a waterfowl hunter, mostly on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and enjoyed collecting waterfowl etchings, paintings and decoys.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Agnes Dalley of Princeton; four children, Laura Tobin of London, Kip Dalley of Francestown, N.H., Richard Dalley of Lambertville, N.J., and Sarah Shannon of Hopewell, N.J.; a sister; and six grandchildren.
