Thursday, August 9, 2007
Mark W. Brinkman Jr.D.C. Police Employee
Mark William Brinkman Jr., 62, who spent 30 years doing administrative work with the Metropolitan Police Department, died July 13 at George Washington University Hospital. He had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Mr. Brinkman, an Arlington resident, retired from the police department about two years ago. Near the end of his career, he focused on writing grant proposals.
Mr. Brinkman, whose father was in the U.S. Navy, was born in East Fremantle, Australia, and grew up in San Diego and Findlay, Ohio. He had polio as a child.
He graduated in 1967 from Emory University in Atlanta and spent three years in the Peace Corps in Thailand.
Survivors include his mother, Beth Carpenter of Findlay; his father, retired Navy master chief machinist's mate Mark W. Brinkman, and stepmother, Mary Brinkman, both of Warren, R.I.; and a brother.
-- Adam Bernstein
Albert B. Doyon Sr.Intelligence Officer
Albert B. Doyon Sr., 87, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who later worked as a counterintelligence officer, died Aug. 1 of pulmonary fibrosis at Anne Arundel Medical Center. He lived in Annapolis.
Col. Doyon, who was born in Manchester, N.H., joined the National Guard before enlisting in the Army in 1939. He served as an artillery officer and participated in the Normandy landing in 1944.
After the war, he transferred to the Army's counterintelligence branch and commanded a unit based in Munich before retiring from the Army in 1964. He then remained with the counterintelligence service as a civilian employee, working at the Pentagon and Fort Meade, with assignments in the Middle East and Europe. He retired in 1985.
In retirement, Col. Doyon volunteered with a military assistance organization at Fort Meade, with the post library and with the National Museum of the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Army Counter Intelligence Corps Veterans.
He lived in Bowie before moving to Annapolis, and he was a member of St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Annapolis.
He enjoyed gardening and was interested in history.
His wife of 64 years, Janet Cameron Doyon, died in 2005.
Survivors include five children, Albert Doyon Jr. of Annapolis, Gregory Doyon of Spanaway, Wash., Judith Wood of Sautee Nacoochee, Ga., Mary Doyon of Eugene, Ore., and Susan Prindiville of Manchester; two sisters; 12 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
-- Matt Schudel
Alice Jane NieldOccupational Therapist
Alice Jane Nield, 83, a registered occupational therapist who worked with the Visiting Nurse Association of Northern Virginia, died of respiratory failure July 27 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. She lived in Annandale.
Mrs. Nield was born in Kenosha, Wis., and graduated in 1947 from the University of Wisconsin. During World War II, she served as an armaments inspector at the Frost Co. of Kenosha.
She worked as a registered occupational therapist at a hospital in Wisconsin before moving to Northern Virginia in 1948. She was with the Visiting Nurse Association until about 20 years ago. She specialized in developing treatments for stroke patients.
Mrs. Nield was instrumental in the founding of St. Albans Episcopal Church in Annandale and was a member of its altar guild for more than 50 years.
Mrs. Nield, a licensed student pilot, shared a love of flying with her husband in their Cessna airplane, which they took on many trips.
She enjoyed reading and cooking and playing games and making crafts with her grandchildren. She especially enjoyed holidays that brought her family together.
Survivors include her husband of almost 60 years, George Nield of Annandale; three sons, George Nield of Potomac Falls, Bruce Nield of Middletown, Va., and Brian Nield of Preston, Wash.; a sister; and six grandchildren.
-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb
Margaret O'Donoghue NuesseDirector of Volunteers
Margaret O'Donoghue Nuesse, 89, director of volunteers at the Washington International Center from 1950 to 1969, died of leukemia Aug. 3 at her home in Annapolis.
Mrs. Nuesse was previously director of the Christ Child Society's settlement house in Washington during the 1940s.
She was born in Boston to Patrick and Mary O'Donoghue; her mother survived the sinking of the Titanic. The family moved to the Washington area when she was a child, and she graduated from the now-closed Immaculata High School.
She graduated from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana and received a master's degree in social work from the National Catholic School of Social Service, now part of Catholic University.
She served with the American Red Cross in Wales during World War II and in Milwaukee and Atlanta later before returning to Washington. She moved to Annapolis a few years ago.
Survivors include her husband of 38 years, C. Joseph Nuesse of Annapolis.
-- Patricia Sullivan