Obituaries

Her husband of six years, Army Sgt. Frederick Burge, died in 1968 while serving in the Vietnam War. A daughter, Evelyn Bryant, died in 2005.

Survivors include two daughters, Evette Taylor and Tanya Williams-Bell, both of Harrisburg; a stepdaughter, Marian Price of Gary, Ind.; and 33 grandchildren.

Jorge ZilvettiProduce Stand Owner

Jorge Zilvetti, 66, a longtime fruit and vegetable stand owner in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Northwest Washington, died April 27 of pulmonary fibrosis at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. He was a Silver Spring resident.

Mr. Zilvetti was born in Sucre, Bolivia, and was a pilot in the Bolivian Air Force before moving to the Washington area in 1966. His first job in this country was at a small grocery store in Bethesda. He moved to Pantry Pride (later Food Town) in Rockville, where, as he learned English, he became the store's dairy manager.

He began selling produce from a stand in 1969, initially buying his fruits and vegetables from the wholesale produce market in the District and then from area farmers.

Select Produce became a fixture on Massachusetts Avenue NW, with Mr. Zilvetti and family members setting up six days a week year after year on a spot between Chevy Chase Bank and Crate and Barrel, across the street from American University's Washington School of Law. He also operated a grocery store in Darnestown until the mid-1990s.

Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Eileen Zilvetti of Silver Spring; four children, George Zilvetti of Glen Rock, N.J., Adrian Zilvetti of Wauwatosa, Wis., Yvonne Woods of Tampa and Yvette Rippeon of Silver Spring; two brothers; three sisters; and six grandchildren.

Marjorie Gildea AlfordNavy Budget Analyst

Marjorie Gildea Alford, 90, who spent 30 years with the Navy Department before retiring as a budget analyst in 1972, died April 30 at her home in Arlington. She had kidney failure.

In her Navy work, Mrs. Alford reviewed program budgets and established cost-saving initiatives.

She was a native of Coaldale, Pa., and a 1938 graduate of what is now Immaculata University in Pennsylvania. She received a master's degree in comptrollership from George Washington University in 1959.

Her father, James H. "Casey" Gildea, was a Pennsylvania Democrat who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1935 to 1939.

Her avocations included gardening and hiking in Shenandoah National Park.