Her marriage to Daniel Richard Kraft ended in divorce.

Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Benkert of San Jose and Kathy Michels of Severna Park; two sisters; a brother; three grandsons; and two great-grandchildren.

Bart FerrisAdvertising Salesman

Bart Ferris, 78, an advertising salesman for the Army Times Publishing Co.'s Journal newspapers in suburban Washington from 1972 to 1990, died April 9 at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital. He had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Mr. Ferris, a Fairfax County resident, worked part time for the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce selling memberships through the 1990s.

He was born Herbert Feldstein in New York and changed his name when he became a radio announcer in the late 1950s.

He worked in radio in New York, Springfield, Ohio and Washington before joining the Washington Daily News as an advertising salesman in the early 1960s. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.

Mr. Ferris was a member of Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church and a former president of Springfield Community Theatre, where he had acted.

His avocations included golf.

His wife of 49 years, Zelda Salzman Ferris, died in 2004.

Survivors include two children, David Ferris of Burke and Laurie Ferris-Lindsay of Fairfax; a brother; two sisters; and four grandchildren.

Anne 'Annie-Lou' von SothenArtist

Anne "Annie-Lou" von Sothen, 75, a Washington-based painter and sculptor whose work appeared at the Corcoran Gallery, the Touchstone Gallery and the Washington Women's Art Center, among other venues, died April 17 at Georgetown University Hospital. She had pneumonia.

Mrs. von Sothen tended to apply cubist or abstract techniques to mundane scenes of life, such as a dentist's office or electric line repairmen at work. In her art, body parts might appear in unexpected places. She used bold color strokes as well.