Obituaries

Michael Charles StatesSenior Project Manager

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Michael Charles States, 67, a project manager who worked for 25 years with the CIA until 1990, died of complications of throat cancer June 7 at Flagler Hospital in Palm Coast, Fla., where he had lived since 2005. He was a former resident of Fairfax City.

After retiring from the CIA, Mr. States was a senior project engineer for Mitre Corp., QuestTech and CACI International. He remained with CACI until 2004.

Mr. States was born in Reno, Nev. He graduated in 1963 from California State Polytechnic University in Pomona with bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics.

During his CIA career, Mr. States was awarded the Intelligence Medal of Merit, the Intelligence Commendation Medal, an exceptional performance award, a certificate of merit and a Silver Retirement Medallion.

He lived in Northern Virginia from 1965 to 2005.

His wife, Carolyn States, died in 1995.

Survivors include his companion, Leslie Seifers of Palm Coast; a son, Charles States of Gotha, Fla.; and a stepbrother.

Faye Richardson HowellWriter, Editor

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Faye Richardson Howell, 81, a former writer and editor with the U.S. Health Services Administration, died of a hemorrhagic stroke on June 26 at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. She lived in Silver Spring.

Mrs. Howell, who was born in Forestville, was a lifelong Maryland resident. She was valedictorian of Maryland Park High School in Upper Marlboro, graduating at 15 in 1941. She graduated from American University in 1948 after interrupting her studies to work at Andrews Air Force Base during World War II.

In 1963, she became a writer and editor with the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. About two years later, she joined the Health Services Administration, a former agency that was part of the old Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The agency was reorganized in 1982 as the Health Resources and Services Administration.

Mrs. Howell developed health education literature for community health programs, including family planning, sickle cell anemia and sudden infant death syndrome. She retired in 1989 as editor of the monthly Child Support Report.

Mrs. Howell was a member of Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in Silver Spring and held many positions in the church. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority.