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From 1951 to 1966, Mr. Drews worked in management positions at the University of Michigan and was with the Institute of Public Administration, the general administration of the university and the Office of Institutional Research.

He joined the Education Department in 1966 as a manager of analytical and statistical projects and programs at the National Center for Education Statistics in Washington. He retired in 1995.

Mr. Drews was an active member of the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, the Washington Humane Society and the Washington Animal Rescue League. He also supported the Washington Opera, the National Symphony and Arena Stage and was an enthusiastic member of the National Capital Region Mustang Club. His beloved Mustang was a candy-apple red '64 model.

His marriage to Adeline Wierciak Drews ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Sheila Bareham Martin Drews of Kauai.

-- Joe Holley

Katherine Ann HayesBank Teller, Homemaker

Katherine Ann Hayes, 81, a bank teller, retail clerk and homemaker, died Oct. 28 of immune globulin deficiency and sepsis at Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton. She lived in Catlett.

Mrs. Hayes was a teller at the old Arlington Trust Bank in Clarendon during the 1950s and 1960s. Previously, she worked as a sales clerk at Woodward & Lothrop and at Hecht's in Parkington.

She was also a volunteer, in Falls Church and after she moved to Catlett about 1979. Her most recent community service included volunteering at the hospice, the rescue squad auxiliary and the extension homemakers club.

Mrs. Hayes, who was born in St. Paul, Minn., moved with her family to the Washington area when she was a child. She graduated from Washington-Lee High School, married, and volunteered with the Red Cross and Lutheran World Relief.


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