Obituaries

Raymond BohnsackAssociation Executive

Raymond Bohnsack, 89, the former secretary-treasurer of the National Grain and Feed Association, died Sept. 17 of congestive heart failure at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. He lived in Alexandria.

Mr. Bohnsack joined the association in 1967 and was chairman of its financial information committee, which developed a management accounting system for the grain and feed industry. He was also a member of an advisory task force that developed a curriculum guide for training industry employees. He retired in 1984.

He was born near Lapeer, Mich., and grew up on a dairy farm. After graduating from Michigan State University, he spent 30 years in management positions with the Michigan Farm Bureau. While at the farm bureau, he also served as president of the Michigan Grain and Feed Association.

During World War II, Mr. Bohnsack was an officer with the Army Signal Corps and served in the Philippines.

He lived in Lansing, Mich., for 25 years before moving to Alexandria in 1967. He was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Alexandria and was a lay leader, Sunday school superintendent and chairman of several church committees.

Mr. Bohnsack was a member of the choir at his church and sang with the Men of Note, a barbershop-style singing group. He was also a volunteer at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital for 15 years.

Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Ellen Bohnsack of Alexandria; five daughters, Bonnie Roberts of Fairfax City, Deborah Waddell of DeWitt, Mich., Janice Newman of Odenton, Barbara Smith of Apex, N.C., and Rita Barton of Tierra Amarilla, N.M.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

-- Matt Schudel

Bernice S. 'Boshie' LevineSears Employee

Bernice Shaw "Boshie" Levine, 82, who did billing work for Sears in the 1970s and early 1980s at what is now Westfield Montgomery shopping center in Bethesda, died Sept. 29 at Suburban Hospital. She had pneumonia.

Mrs. Levine, a Potomac resident, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduated from Brooklyn College with a degree in nutrition sciences.