Obituaries

Her husband of 56 years, John B. Olverson, died in 1997.

Survivors include four children, Carolyn Cooper of McLean, Jeanne Derrick of Sarasota, John Olverson of Bradenton, Fla., and Thomas Olverson of Weston, Mass.; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

-- Matt Schudel

Mary T. LaneProfessor, Writer

Mary T. Lane, 42, a playwright and short story writer who taught English at Anne Arundel Community College, died Oct. 21 of breast cancer at her home in Silver Spring.

Dr. Lane was born in Silver Spring and grew up primarily in Montgomery Village. She was a 1983 graduate of Seneca Valley High School in Germantown and received a bachelor's degree in English from Boston College in 1987.

She lived in Bloomington, Ind., from 1988 to 1996, while pursuing graduate studies. She received a master's degree in English in 1991, a master's degree in creative writing in 1992 and a doctorate in English literature in 2000, all from Indiana University.

Since 2000, Dr. Lane had taught English composition and creative writing at Anne Arundel Community College.

She wrote many short stories, poems and plays. Her play "An Exhibit in Memory of Nyla Molloy" was read at Signature Theatre in Arlington in 2005. She also published several articles in The Washington Post.

She was a volunteer teacher of English as a second language at St. Camillus Catholic Church in Silver Spring. She enjoyed basketball and softball.

Survivors include her husband of 14 years, David Schwartz of Silver Spring; her parents, D. Joseph Lane and Dorothy Lane of Bethany Beach, Del.; four brothers, Daniel Lane of North Potomac, Patrick Lane of Gaithersburg, Matthew Lane of Portland, Ore., and Brendan Lane of Darnestown; and a sister, Anne-Marie Smith of Oak Hill.