Obituaries

Mr. Rice, a longtime resident of Arlington County, had many interests, including chamber music, reading, poetry and fern growing, which he pursued in his retirement.

In addition to his son, of Evanston, Ill., survivors include his wife of 67 years, Ann Craig Rice of Arlington; two other children, John Andrew Rice III of Berkeley, Calif., and Frances Sutton Rice of North Adams, Mass.; a half brother and half sister; four grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.

-- Matt Schudel

Josephine Stone SalmonTranslator

Josephine Stone Salmon, 70, a translator at Arlington's Yorktown High School and a volunteer in a free clinic, died of lung cancer Nov. 1 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington.

Fluent in French and Spanish, she worked at the high school from 1990 to 2000 as the resource assistant and coordinator for students in high-intensity language training and their families. She also was a liaison between Spanish speakers and the high school.

She then volunteered at the Arlington Free Clinic for the next seven years.

Mrs. Salmon was born in Mexico City and grew up in Venezuela, Cuba and Canada. She graduated from McGill University in Montreal and worked for the U.S. Embassy in Paris from 1959 to 1965. She moved to Washington to work as a staff officer at the National Science Foundation's international affairs division.

Survivors include her husband, Bill Salmon of Arlington; three children, Bill Salmon Jr. of Portland, Maine, Didi Salmon of Arlington and Paulette Salmon of Lansing, Mich.; and two sisters, Mary Cover of New York and Susan Ferrer of Fairfax.

-- Patricia Sullivan