Obituaries

In addition to his daughter of Springfield and grandson, survivors include his wife of 50 years, Faye Johnson of Manassas; a daughter, Frances Layne of Centreville; a sister; and five grandchildren.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

Jeanne O'NeillAttorney, Editor

Jeanne O'Neill, 52, an assistant managing editor in the federal tax law division at the Bureau of National Affairs, died of multiple myeloma June 5 at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda.

Ms. O'Neill worked for BNA since 1995 when she went there as a tax law editor. She became manager of the tax management group's news services in 1998 and was appointed assistant managing editor in 2000.

She was born in Columbus, Ohio, and grew up in Charleston, S.C., graduating from the College of Charleston in 1977. She moved to Washington to work as an economist and tax law analyst for the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the Department of Commerce, which she did until 1986.

She graduated from the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University in 1982 and received an advanced degree in taxation from Georgetown University in 1986.

Ms. O'Neill worked as an associate at two law firms before joining the Washington firm of DeMartino Finklestein Rosen and Verga in 1988, becoming a partner in 1990. She opened a solo practice in 1993, working there for two years until she joined BNA.

She was a past president and board member of the Alzheimer's Association's Greater Washington Chapter and was co-chair of its annual Mall walk for two years. She also performed volunteer legal work for the Legal Counsel for the Elderly and the D.C. Office on Aging, and health insurance counseling.

Survivors include her husband of 18 years, Robert Parker of Bethesda; two stepsons, Alan Jamie Parker of Silver Spring and Steven Parker of Madison, Wis.; four brothers; two sisters; and two grandchildren.