Obituaries

-- Matt Schudel

John R. KohlhaferNavy Machinist

John Richard Kohlhafer, 83, who spent more than 30 years as a machinist at the David Taylor Model Basin in Carderock until retiring in 1979, died Sept 28 at Suburban Hospital. He had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Mr. Kohlhafer, a Cabin John resident, was a native of Baltimore and a Navy veteran of World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Frances Kershner Kohlhafer of Cabin John; two children, Dennis J. Kohlhafer of Ellicott City and Nancy J. Kohlhafer of Baltimore; and a brother.

-- Adam Bernstein

Robert C. NaborsPrince George's Schools Official

Robert Coles Nabors, 77, who spent 31 years working for Prince George's County public schools before retiring in 1988 as director of pupil services, died Sept. 24 at his home in Fort Washington. He had heart disease.

Mr. Nabors spent much of his career in school administration. As director of pupil services for three years, he oversaw supervisors in guidance and counseling as well as pupil personnel and other services.

He was a Nashville native and played violin in the Nashville Symphony as a young man. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.