Obituaries

Ms. Engel was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and attended Hunter College in New York. She graduated from Brooklyn College. She worked at a bilingual radio and television school and at New York's Sidney Hillman Health Center as chief medical records librarian and assistant records librarian. She moved to the Washington area in 1964.

A meticulous note taker and consumer advocate, Ms. Engel would clip news items about food safety hazards or driving tips for her friends and family. She enjoyed walking and hiking and the visual arts.

She volunteered at the Vegetarian Society of D.C. and at Murch Elementary School in Washington and Rock Creek Palisades Elementary School in Kensington.

Her marriage to Arnold Engel ended in divorce.

Survivors include three children, Edward Engel of Prince Frederick, Md., Leigh Buchanan of Sudbury, Mass., and Harriet Engel of Frankfort, Ky.; and two grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Louise S. HeidClub President, Volunteer

Louise Shoemaker Heid, 92, a former Falls Church resident and president of the Lake Barcroft Woman's Club, died Aug. 10 at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg. She had adenocarcinoma, a form of cancer.

Mrs. Heid was a member of Arlington Forest United Methodist Church in Arlington County and the pilots' wives club of United Airlines.

She was a volunteer with a National Symphony Orchestra fund-raising event called the Decorators' Show House.