Obituaries

She was born Margaret Ellen Schofield in Baltimore and spent most of her life in the Washington area. She graduated from St. Cecelia's Academy and Trinity College in Washington in 1942. Immediately after college, she enlisted in the Navy WAVES.

During World War II, Mrs. Weeks served as a lieutenant commander and worked on secret projects related to the development of bomb sites and heat-seeking missiles in the Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington. After the war, she attended Catholic University on the GI Bill and received a master's degree in psychology.

Mrs. Weeks taught briefly in D.C. public schools and years later was a substitute teacher. She volunteered in Montgomery County and enjoyed travel and golf.

Her marriage to Charles J. Savarese ended in divorce.

She moved to Hilton Head Island in 1975.

Her husband, John K. Weeks, whom she married in 1978, died in 1986.

Survivors include three children from her first marriage, Mary Ellen Savarese of Kensington, Barbra Savarese of Garrett Park and Charles J. Savarese of Port Charlotte, Fla.; and five grandchildren.

Edward Rocco TaloneBusiness Owner

Edward Rocco Talone, 90, who founded a company that sells large-scale industrial equipment, died May 11 at Holy Cross Hospital of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He lived at the Riderwood Village retirement home in Silver Spring.

Mr. Talone was born in Philadelphia, moved to Mount Rainier in his teens and graduated from Mount Rainier High School. He attended the University of Maryland and worked for the Works Progress Administration, where he learned to use dynamite and helped build Powder Mill Road in Beltsville. He also worked for a railroad-car manufacturing company in Philadelphia before enlisting in the Army in 1940.

He served primarily in India during World War II, earning a field commission as an officer and eventually reaching the rank of captain. He helped in the construction of the Ledo Road, a military convoy route linking China and India.

Returning to Washington, Mr. Talone graduated from the University of Maryland in 1948 with a bachelor's degree in engineering. He worked for Fairchild Industries, an aircraft manufacturer in Hagerstown, Md., before moving to Baltimore, where he worked as a salesman for the John P. Clark Co., selling industrial equipment.

In 1960, Mr. Talone formed the E.R. Talone Co. in Silver Spring. His business, now operated by his son, sells large industrial equipment to manufacturing concerns and salvage companies. Mr. Talone retired when he was 70. He was a member of the American Society of Metals, now called ASM International.