Obituaries

Elias William BrownProgrammer, Accountant

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Elias William Brown, 86, a computer programmer with the U.S. Army Personnel Information Systems before retiring in 1973, died Oct. 26 of kidney failure at Sunrise of Alexandria assisted living community. He lived in Alexandria for 57 years.

Mr. Brown worked with the federal government for 33 years and then became an accountant for Carroll V. Shreve & Sons, a plumbing, heating and electrical contractor. He retired in 1990.

Mr. Brown was born in Atwood, Kan., and served with the Army Air Forces in World War II. He was in the European, African and Middle Eastern theaters.

He was active with St. James United Methodist Church in Alexandria, where he served as treasurer for 26 years and was on the board of trustees.

His wife of 51 years, Anne Crakow Brown, died in 1995. A daughter, Beverly C. Fico-Brown, died in 2006.

Survivors include a son, James E. Brown of Alexandria; a brother; and two grandchildren.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

Mary Carpenter OlversonVolunteer

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Mary Carpenter Olverson, 86, a Washington native who volunteered with the Red Cross and the National Gallery of Art, died Oct. 31 of complications from a stroke at a Manor Care nursing facility in Sarasota, Fla. She had lived in Sarasota since 1996.

Mrs. Olverson was a 1938 graduate of Washington's old Central High School and attended West Virginia University and George Washington University.

In addition to her volunteer work, she assisted with her husband's bar review institute.