Obituaries

Survivors include two children, Alan Vandendriessche of Annapolis and Karen Brody of Rockville; a brother, Dean Vandendriessche of Rockville; a sister, Mary Louise Collinsworth of Avon Park, Fla.; and six grandchildren.

-- Matt Schudel

Ellis B. KliozeIRS Manager, Volunteer

Ellis B. Klioze, 103, a former manager with the Internal Revenue Service and a longtime volunteer at Holy Cross Hospital, died July 3 of complications from dementia at Holy Cross Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Burtonsville, where he lived for the past five years. He had previously lived in Silver Spring.

Mr. Klioze was born in Poland and came to Baltimore with his family as a toddler. After graduating from high school, he joined the IRS, where he managed an office of 135 employees and helped develop tax guidelines. He retired in the 1960s after 45 years with the agency.

While working at the IRS, he enjoyed taking lunchtime strolls to watch the construction of new buildings. He did this so often that he was given his own hard hat and the honorary title of "sidewalk superintendent."

In 1984, Mr. Klioze began to volunteer with Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring. In the next 18 years, he rode three buses to reach the hospital and logged more than 25,500 hours as a volunteer. He received the Montgomery County Path of Achievement award as well as awards from the president and the governor of Maryland.

He enjoyed travel, opera and bowling.

His wife of 55 years, Rae Klioze, died in 1984.

Survivors include a daughter, Devorah Rubin of Derwood; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.