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Survivors include two children from his first marriage, Lynn H. Lutjen of Blue Springs, Mo., and Timothy Hoare of Overland, Kan.; three children from his second marriage, Eleanor B. Coppola of McLean, Natalie M. Beckmann of Seattle and Catherine B. Serbanica of Chatham, N.J.; and three grandchildren.

Dorothy I. RogersPostal Service Secretary

Dorothy Ives Rogers, 99, who spent about a decade working at the U.S. Postal Service, including a stint as secretary to the U.S. postmaster general, before retiring in 1977, died Jan. 14 at Prospect Park Nursing Home in Brooklyn, N.Y. She had dementia.

Mrs. Rogers was born in Springfield, Conn., and married an Army Air Corps officer, Elmer J. Rogers Jr., in 1927. She accompanied him on his assignments until their divorce in 1951. He retired as an Air Force lieutenant general.

During World War II, Mrs. Rogers was a secretary in Washington for Rep. Stephen M. Young (D-Ohio). She left Washington in 2004.

Survivors include two daughters, Gloria Davies of Bryans Road and Judith Hauser of Teaneck, N.J.; 13 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.

Michael T. ButkiewiczCIA Officer

Michael Thomas Butkiewicz, 87, who worked for the CIA's directorate of operations from the early 1950s to the early 1970s, died Feb. 8 at the Washington Home hospice. He had cancer.

Mr. Butkiewicz, a Chevy Chase resident, was a Milwaukee native. He served in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II.

He was an economics graduate of the University of Miami, where he also did graduate work in economics.

Besides his CIA career, he was also an English tutor and a painter who exhibited at area galleries.

His marriage to Mary Louise Alexander Butkiewicz ended in divorce.

Survivors include a son, William Butkiewicz of Bethesda; a sister; and a grandson.


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