Obituaries

Mrs. Brownell, a native of Greensboro, N.C., came to Washington in the 1940s and held secretarial positions with several federal agencies. In the 1950s, she became an assistant to a commander at Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts. In that position, she helped make arrangements for President John F. Kennedy's entourage while Kennedy was visiting Cape Cod.

Mrs. Brownell later lived in Germany, England and Japan for several years, while her husband was stationed overseas with the Air Force and Defense Department. She held administrative positions at U.S. military bases abroad.

In 1968, the family moved to Arlington, and Mrs. Brownell became an administrative assistant and office manager with the Air Force at the Pentagon. From the late 1970s until her retirement in 1992, she was an office administrator with MRFAC Inc., an independent firm that helps regulate radio frequencies.

From 1969 until the late 1990s, Mrs. Brownell lived in Sterling. She later lived in Waynesboro, Pa., and with her daughter in West Virginia.

Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Peter B. Brownell of Hagerstown, Md.; five children, Jeanne K. Moses of Newton, N.C., Peter B. Brownell III of Denver, Belinda A. Brownell of Dickerson, Susan M. Daniel of Leesburg and Barbara J. Forrester of Augusta; 15 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Gennaro 'Jerry' FerraraCIA Officer

Gennaro "Jerry" Ferrara, 91, a former CIA officer, died April 27 of cerebral arteriosclerosis at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Valencia, Calif. He had lived in Valencia for the past two years.

Mr. Ferrara was born in Belleville, N.J., and worked in his father's cabinet shop and antiques store. He was an Army officer during World War II, stationed for much of it in India.

After the war, he graduated from George Washington University and in 1949 received a master's degree in international relations from the University of California at Berkeley. He joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1950 and served as an intelligence officer until retiring in 1978.

He lived in Bethesda from 1963 to 2005, when he moved to California.

Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Dorathea Ferrara of Valencia; three children, Barbara Ferrara of Springfield, Ill., Martha Ferrara of Valencia and William Ferrara of Noble, Okla.; and a sister.