Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Janice E. BachtellNVCC Professor
Janice Estelle Bachtell, 76, a Northern Virginia Community College professor of nursing, died of congestive heart failure July 7 at her home in Alexandria.
Ms. Bachtell was born in Johnstown, Pa., and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh. She received a master's degree in nursing from Catholic University in the 1950s and a doctorate in counseling and student development from American University in 1984.
She worked at NVCC most of her career and retired about 1997.
She was a member of the National League for Nursing and Zonta International, which works to advance the status of women.
Survivors include three sisters and a brother.
-- Patricia Sullivan
Jessie Harden BakemanSocial Worker
Jessie Harden Bakeman, 93, a former social worker in Montgomery County, died June 12 of lung cancer at her home in Takoma Park.
Mrs. Bakeman was born in Washington and graduated from the old Central High School in 1928. She was a graduate of Oberlin College in Ohio and did graduate study at the University of Chicago. She lived in Greece for two years in the 1930s, working for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
In 1959, she received a master's degree in social work from Howard University.
Mrs. Bakeman worked at D.C. General Hospital during World War II and was a social worker with Montgomery County from 1947 until her retirement in 1978.
She was a member of All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, the Washington Memorial Society and the Women's National Democratic Club. She enjoyed traveling in her retirement.
Her husband of 41 years, Robert Bakeman, died in 1982.
Survivors include two children, David Bakeman of Takoma Park and Mary B. White of Alton, N.H.
-- Matt Schudel
Eugene LallyComputer Analyst
Eugene Lally, 82, who was a computer analyst at Goddard Space Flight Center, died June 20 of respiratory failure at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring. He had lived at ManorCare Health Services in Wheaton since last year.
Mr. Lally was born in New York and served in the Navy in the Pacific theater during World War II. He settled in Washington after the war and worked successively as a D.C. firefighter, police officer and letter carrier.
He worked at the David Taylor Model Basin of the Naval Surface Warfare Center before joining the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt in the 1960s. He retired in 1983.
Mr. Lally had been a 44-year resident of Rockville before moving to Tucson in 1999 and then to Lake Wales, Fla.
He was a member of an Irish heritage group.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Rose T. Lally of Olney; four children, Kathy Fassbach of Olney, Jeanne Csoke of Richmond, Brian Lally of Gaithersburg and Joseph Lally of Washington; a sister; two brothers; and seven grandchildren.
-- Matt Schudel
Henrietta MacDonaldHomemaker, Volunteer
Henrietta MacDonald, 78, a homemaker and volunteer, died of liver cancer July 5 at her home in Falls Church.
Mrs. MacDonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and immigrated to the United States in 1957 at the age of 30. She settled in Fairfax County, where she volunteered at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Vienna and at Pimmit Hills Senior Center, where she received awards for her work.
Her husband, Ronald MacDonald, died in 1997.
Survivors include four children, Fiona M. Berman of Reston, Lorna M. Whipp of Potomac Falls, Cameron MacDonald of Centreville and Colin S. MacDonald of Falls Church; and three grandchildren.
-- Patricia Sullivan
Lorraine Marie McKinleyTelephone Operator
Lorraine Marie "Rae" McKinley, 90, a telephone operator for three Washington area companies, died of cardiac arrest June 29 at her daughter's home in San Antonio.
Mrs. McKinley, a native Washingtonian, graduated from the old St. Cecilia's High School. She worked as a nursery school teacher in the District's Montrose Park and then as a telephone operator for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone, D.C. Transit and Northup Page Communications. She retired in 1980.
She and her husband moved to Vienna in 1971. She moved to Atlanta in 1991 and to San Antonio in 2005.
Her husband of 44 years, Francis D. McKinley, died in 1980. A son, Jack McKinley, died in 1991, and another son, Mike McKinley, died in 2005.
Survivors include her daughter, Mary Margaret Binsted of San Antonio; nine grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
-- Patricia Sullivan
Martha Ann NallyBoy Scout Volunteer
Martha Ann Wilson Nally, 80, who held many leadership and training positions as a Boy Scout volunteer, died June 12 at Heritage Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Leesburg. She had Parkinson's disease and was a resident of Leesburg.
Mrs. Nally was born in Nashville and was a Girl Scout there. She became a Cub Scout den leader in 1955 and served on Scout councils in Asia and Europe, where her husband was stationed in the Air Force.
After moving to the Washington area in the 1960s, she volunteered with the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts. She was a member of the executive board and advisory board, chairman of the international committee and chairman of Cub Scout leader training.
She chaired the Cub Scout committee in the Southeast region and served on the regional board of directors. At the national level, she was vice chairman of the Cub Scout committee and chairman of the Cub Scout 50th anniversary committee during the nationwide celebration in 1980. She and her husband wrote the Boy Scouts' official history of the Cub Scouts. She also wrote articles on training and scouting history.
Mrs. Nally spoke to Scout groups throughout the world and served on the Boy Scouts' international committee and on the staff of Scout training facilities in New Mexico and New Jersey. She was the Boy Scouts' representative to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and ambassador for the World Scout Bureau in Geneva. She also served eight years as a member of the Scouts' National Court of Honor.
She received the Good Shepherd Emblem, the Silver Fawn, the Silver Antelope and, Scouting's highest award, the Silver Buffalo. The 1995 Silver Beaver class of the National Capital Area Council was named in Mrs. Nally's honor.
Her husband, retired Air Force Col. James D. Nally, died in 1991.
Survivors include four sons, James Michael Nally of Marshall, Charles Patrick Nally of Cocoa Beach, Fla., Timothy Wilson Nally of High View, W.Va., and Steven James Nally of Red Oak, Va.; a sister; and four grandchildren.
-- Matt Schudel
Harriet Thomas PankratzAirline Agent
Harriet Thomas Pankratz, 50, a gate agent with United Airlines, died June 6 of breast cancer at her home in Ashburn.
Mrs. Pankratz was born in Baltimore and was a graduate of Frederick High School. She studied horticulture at the University of Maryland.
She lived in Puerto Rico, Maine, Florida and Virginia, where her husband was based in the Navy. She worked with United Airlines at Dulles International Airport from 1999 until this year.
She was a member of Daybreak Community Church in Ashburn. She enjoyed travel, fitness, scuba diving, swimming, skiing and bicycling. She was an accomplished seamstress and quilter.
Survivors include her husband of 22 years, Mark Pankratz of Ashburn; two daughters, Ashley Pankratz and Heidi Pankratz, both of Ashburn; her father, Leonard "Ike" Davis of Hilton Head Island, S.C.; and a brother.
-- Matt Schudel
Ian Michael ToneyPiano Technician
Ian Michael Toney, 36, a piano technician and repairman, died July 6 of pneumonia and a lung infection at a friend's home in Washington. He lived in Reston.
Mr. Toney was born in Seville, Spain, and lived in various countries while growing up in a diplomatic family.
He worked for American Airlines at Dulles International Airport, was a framer at an art shop and worked for several years at Foxes Music in Falls Church.
He graduated from the Chicago School for Piano Technology and had operated Ian's Piano Services, repairing and tuning pianos in the Washington area, since last year.
He enjoyed playing the piano and writing poetry.
Survivors include his parents, Gerald and Tuula Toney of Reston; and a sister, Lisa Toney of Ashburn.
-- Matt Schudel
Irene A. WerthmannCIA Officer
Irene A. Werthmann, 94, a former CIA officer, died of respiratory failure June 16 at her Fairfax County home.
Mrs. Werthmann began at the agency in 1960 as a telephone operator and rose to supervisor, section manager and chief operator. Just before she retired in 1974, she oversaw the replacement of the outdated electromechanical phone switching center with a modern electronic system capable of worldwide connectivity.
She was born in Manhattan, N.Y., and worked as a telephone operator for the old Bell Telephone system in New York City. She was chosen as one of a dozen operators trained to demonstrate a revolutionary electronic speech-synthesizing device, the Voder machine, at the 1939 World's Fair.
During World War II, she worked for Pennsylvania Railroad. She returned to Bell after the war and moved to Washington in 1951.
Mrs. Werthmann taught kindergarten and was a founding member of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Fairfax. She worked briefly for the Government Printing Office in 1959 before joining the CIA.
After her retirement, she volunteered at St. Leo's, delivered Meals on Wheels and was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.
Her husband, Andrew T. Werthmann, died in 1981.
Survivors include two sons, Andrew Werthmann of Fairfax and Robert Werthmann of Great Falls; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
-- Patricia Sullivan