Obituaries

Maj. Ten Eyck, who was born in Kalamazoo, Mich., entered the Air Force in 1969 after graduating from Western Michigan University.

For most of his military career, he worked as an agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. He had two tours of duty in Ankara, Turkey, and had been in the Washington area since 1980. He received a master's degree in international politics from George Washington University in 1985.

He retired from the Air Force in 1989 and was a member of the Association of Former OSI Special Agents.

Since 1990, Maj. Ten Eyck had worked with the Washington office of Battelle, a global science and technology company, as an analyst in the fields of intelligence and arms control.

In the 1990s, he began to make drawings and prints of local historical sites and monuments. His artworks were sold at the Potomac Gallery in Leesburg.

He was a member of Reston Presbyterian Church and was on the building committee for the Great Falls Freedom Memorial, honoring six Great Falls residents killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Maj. Ten Eyck enjoyed playing the piano, woodworking, landscape design and gardening.

His marriage to Marianne Ten Eyck ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife of 24 years, Elizabeth Quinn Ten Eyck of Great Falls; two sons from his first marriage, Brian C. Ten Eyck of Tucson and Gregory A. Ten Eyck of Albuquerque; and a brother.

-- Matt Schudel