Tuesday, November 20, 2007
William G. Caludis Jr.Cleaners Owner
William G. Caludis Jr., the owner and operator of Arrow Cleaners in Washington, died of a heart attack at his Bethesda home Nov. 8, his 67th birthday.
A Washington native, he graduated from Wilson Senior High School and attended American University. While in college, he worked at the cleaners, on Georgia Avenue near Walter Reed Army Medical Center, that had been in his family since 1930. He decided to go into the business.
Mr. Caludis did specialty work in leathers and suedes, wedding gowns and other items that needed special attention, in addition to regular cleaning and alterations.
A sister, Catherine Chaconas of Rockville, said Mr. Caludis's customers included dignitaries and celebrities. "It was not unusual to see limousines pull up to the Arrow Cleaners with clothes to be cleaned. His customers were from all over the city," Chaconas said. "He was very proud of his work."
Mr. Caludis was a member of the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda and was active in Bible studies.
He was a happy person, his sister said, who helped people when he could. Mr. Caludis counseled young men and sponsored a young Haitian woman to this country.
Survivors, besides his sister, include his wife, Carolyn Caludis, and daughters Helen Caludis and Catherine Caludis, all of Bethesda; and two other sisters, Joyce Caludis of Gaithersburg and Maria Marks of Chicago.
-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb
Theodore H. 'Ted' DrewsEducation Department Analyst
Theodore H. "Ted" Drews, 82, a retired U.S. Education Department statistics analyst, died Nov. 14 of congestive heart failure at his home in Kauai, Hawaii. He was a longtime Alexandria resident until moving to Hawaii in 2004.
Mr. Drews was born in Dearborn, Mich. After serving in the Army from 1943 to 1945, he graduated from the University of Michigan in 1948. He also received a master's degree in public administration and a law degree from the University of Michigan, both in 1951.
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.
In the 1950s and 1960s, she volunteered as an poll watcher during Falls Church elections.
She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Arlington, where she joined the Altar Guild, the Prayer Circle, the Hospitality Committee and the Lutheran Church Women. She was a charter member and an officer of the Sons of Norway Lodge and a founding member of the Norwegian Society of Washington.
Her husband of 45 years, George Hayes, died in 1989.
Survivors include four children, Ingrid Fry and Susan Hayes, both of Catlett, Robert Hayes of Virginia Beach and William Hayes of Fort Valley, Va.; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.
-- Patricia Sullivan
Emanuel Stephen KarasRestaurateur
Emanuel Stephen "Manny" Karas, 86, who owned three restaurants known as Babes in Northwest Washington, died of cancer Nov. 8 at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Mr. Karas, a former D.C. government health inspector, began in the restaurant business in the 1950s with Manny's Grill. He later owned Barry's and Karasel Vending, both in Washington; Roy's House of Beef and Manny's Surf and Turf in Fairfax; and Mother Tucker's of Fort Lauderdale.
Media personalities from nearby television stations frequented Babes on Wisconsin Avenue from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. He sold his restaurant in 1992 and it later became a billiards cafe.
Mr. Karas was born in Newark, the eldest boy of four siblings. He started working at age 8 to help his family through the Depression, and when his father moved the family to Washington a couple of years later, he worked in his father's restaurants.
At 16, Mr. Karas became a private in the D.C. National Guard, and about five years later, in 1942, he joined the Army Air Forces and became an aviation cadet and pilot doing test flights. He was later injured in a crash. He was discharged in 1947.
In the late 1940s and 1950s, Mr. Karas was a health inspector for the D.C. Health Department. He received a degree in business from Strayer Business College.
Mr. Karas was active in the community as local president of AHEPA, a Greek social and charitable organization. He often booked famous jazz musicians for the group's dances. He also was a 32nd-degree Mason.
He was a member of St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church of Washington. He lived in Chevy Chase before moving to Florida in 1995.
His marriage to Ethel Karas ended in divorce.
Survivors include his wife, Jacqueline "Jackie" Karas of Fort Lauderdale; two children from his first marriage, Athena Smith of Anaheim, Calif., and Stephen Karas of Virginia Beach; three stepchildren, Douglas Diehm of Shadyside, Ronald Diehm of Olney and Janice Bort of Silver Spring; a brother, George Karas of Weeki Wachee, Fla.; two sisters, Mary Pittas and Elaine Arnette, both of Frederick; and six grandchildren.
-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb
Eleanor D. 'Nellie' LideCommunications Consultant
Eleanor Duncan "Nellie" Lide, 48, a onetime television writer and producer who had spent the past six years as senior creative director for a communications consulting firm in Arlington County, died Nov. 14 at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. She had cardiomyopathy, a heart disease.
Mrs. Lide had been working since 2001 at the McGinn Group. Her assignments included identifying and analyzing cultural trends while writing and editing for its "New Persuasion" blog.
She was born in Takoma Park and raised in Rockville, where she was a 1976 graduate of Rockville High School. She was a 1980 communications graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a member of the women's varsity basketball team.
From 1982 to 1986, she was an associate producer for the "60 Minutes" CBS news program. She then worked on and off through the early 1990s as a writer and producer for Washington area stations WUSA-TV and WJLA-TV.
She was a former board member of the Twinbrook Swimming Pool in Rockville, her city of residence, and a sodality member of St. Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic Church in Bethesda. At the church, she was involved in community outreach programs. She also coached the girls' basketball team at the church's school.
In recent years, she graduated from the D.C. Improv Comedy School and continued to perform as part of the D.C. Improv cast.
Survivors include her husband of 22 years, David A. Lide, and their three children, Mary E. Lide, David A. Lide Jr. and Grace E. Lide, all of Rockville; her mother, Eleanor "Ellie" Duncan of Rockville; six brothers, Dwight G. Duncan of Boston, Bruce X. Duncan of Hagerstown, former Montgomery county executive Douglas M. Duncan of Rockville, James T. Duncan Jr. of Narragansett, R.I., Glenn P. Duncan of Clarksville and Brian T. Duncan of Glendale, Calif.; and six sisters, Marie T. "Terry" Frank of Boston, Lee Anne Gerrick of Rockville, Mary Joan Raff of Darnestown, Bernadette Zabel of Ellicott City, Mary Anne "Mimi" Harris of London and Monica Martinson of Evanston, Ill.
-- Adam Bernstein