Obituaries

Her husband of 10 years, Bernard Alford, died in 1999.

Survivors include a sister, Kathleen Kelley of Bethesda, and three brothers, James Gildea of Vienna, Robert Gildea of Arlington and Daniel Gildea of Lansford, Pa.

Rivca Sara CohnAdministrative Assistant

Rivca Sara Cohn, 71, a retired administrative assistant at the State Department, died of complications of leukemia April 27 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. She had lived in Rockville for the past 34 years.

Mrs. Cohn was born in Afula, Israel, and served as a military police officer in Israel. She joined the Israeli foreign service and in 1965 came to work at the Israeli Embassy in Washington.

She was married in 1969 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1973. The next year, she began working as an administrative assistant at the State Department. She spent most of her career with the Latin American bureau but also had temporary overseas duty in Geneva, Hong Kong and Jerusalem. She retired in 2006.

Mrs. Cohn's interests included traveling, reading, languages, bowling and genealogy.

Her husband, Warren I. Cohn, died in 2000.

Survivors include two children, Philip M. Cohn of Horsham, Pa., and Rachel D. Cohn of Rockville, and a brother.

Nancy M. WinlundChemist, Homemaker

Nancy M. Winlund, 71, a self-employed chemical consultant for 20 years, died April 17 of complications of a stroke at her second home in Woodbridge. She also was a resident of Arlington.

From 1977 to 1997, Mrs. Winlund worked for area companies primarily on U.S. Department of Agriculture contracts.

She was born Nancy Choroszy in Saco, Maine, and attended Boston University on a full academic scholarship, graduating with a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1957. She also studied Italian, French, German, Latin, Spanish, Russian and Polish.

After graduation she moved to Columbus, Ohio, where she worked as a chemical indexer for the Chemical Abstracts Service. In Columbus, she also volunteered for President Kennedy's election campaign.

She moved to Washington in 1962 when she joined the Institute for the Advancement of Medical Communication. In the early 1970s, she volunteered at Long Branch Elementary School in Arlington, tutoring students in math, assisting in the library and serving with the PTA.

Her hobbies included reading, crocheting, gourmet cooking, quote acrostic and crossword puzzles. She also enjoyed trying new foods and restaurants and took pleasure in time spent with her grandchildren.

He husband, Donald M. Winlund, whom she married in 1965, died in 2002.

Survivors include her daughters, Mary Ellen Winlund of Bowie and Ann Marie McGeehan of Dumfries; a brother; and two grandchildren.