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Jeanne Antonopoulos DavisHomemaker

Jeanne Antonopoulos Davis, 81, a homemaker, died of cardiac arrest Dec. 4 at her home in McLean.

She was born in Newburyport, Mass., and graduated from George Washington University. She received a master's degree in Spanish from Syracuse University in 1973.

Her first husband, Richard L. Roodem, died in 1956. Her second husband, retired Navy Capt. George H. Davis, died in 1976.

Survivors include a daughter, Sally K. Davis of McLean; and three sisters, Janice Welch of Potomac, Judith Pappas of Rye, N.H., and Jane Kacoyanis of Newburyport.

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Dorrit Maria DrbalIMF Secretary

Dorrit Maria Hergel Drbal, 81, a secretary at the International Monetary Fund, died of cancer Nov. 15 at her home in Bethesda.

Ms. Drbal worked for almost 30 years as a secretarial assistant in the office of the German executive director to the Executive Board of the IMF. She retired in 1989.


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