A spokesman for the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said Mr. Kronberg jumped from the Waxpool Road overpass onto the northbound lanes of Route 28. The spokesman said the death was an apparent suicide, based on witness reports.

During his career, Mr. Kronberg did printing work for Lyndon H. LaRouche, a fringe presidential candidate convicted of mail fraud and income tax evasion.

Since 1974, Mr. Kronberg had been a national committee member of the National Caucus of Labor Committees, a LaRouche political organization.

He edited the Campaigner, a political-cultural magazine of the NCLC. He also co-founded and edited Fidelio, a magazine affiliated with the Schiller Institute, an organization founded by LaRouche's wife, Helga.

Kenneth Lewis Kronberg was a native of the Bronx, N.Y., and a 1968 graduate of St. John's College in Santa Fe, N.M. He spent a year as a junior fellow at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, Calif., and did graduate work in economics at the New School for Social Research in New York.

Also in New York, he was an editor at the American Institute of Physics and John Wiley and Sons publishers before founding World Composition Services (often called WorldComp) in 1978. He settled in the Washington area in 1985.

Besides his businesses, Mr. Kronberg directed amateur theater, with a focus on the plays of Shakespeare. He also taught poetry and drama classes to children and adults.

His marriage to Lynn Archer Kronberg ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Marielle Hammett Kronberg, and a son from his second marriage, Max Kronberg, both of Leesburg; and a brother.

William Augustus AleshirePolice Officer, Bowie Councilman

William Augustus "Bill" Aleshire, 61, a retired District police officer and Bowie city council member, died April 24 of cancer at his home in Bowie.

Mr. Aleshire was born in Orlando and grew up in Prince George's County, graduating from High Point High School in Beltsville in 1963. He received a bachelor's degree in administration of justice from American University in 1975.

He enlisted in the Air Force in 1964, serving in Vietnam as a radio system operator and also in Alaska.

He became a police officer in the District in 1968 and served until his retirement in 1989. He also was a colonel and director of public affairs in the Maryland Defense Force and served on the Bowie City Council from 1992 to 2005.

Well known in the Bowie community, he was director of public relations for Chick-fil-A, helping arrange fundraisers with company sponsorship.

He was a Christmas in April volunteer, served on the Prince George's County Historical and Cultural Trust and the Task Force for the County Preservation Ordinance and was a member of the Prince George's County and Maryland State historical societies. He also served as a scout master.

He was a member of the Prince George's chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Buffalo Soldiers 9th and 10th Cavalry Association. He published two books, "A Buffalo Soldier's Story" (2004) and "Sandlot: The Soul of Baseball" (2005), a book about Negro League baseball.

His marriage to Ruth Ann Bates ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife of 12 years, Clara R. Aleshire of Bowie; three children, Elaine A. Aleshire and William A. Aleshire, both of Bowie, and Christopher A. Aleshire of Waldorf; his father, William A. Sudduth, and his father's wife, Rosemary Sudduth, of Laurel; a brother, Larry R. Aleshire of Las Vegas; and two sisters, Rebecca Mink of Namibia and Kathy Sudduth of Rising Sun, Md.; and three grandchildren.