Obituaries

-- Joe Holley

Gertrude Seal BurwellHomemaker, Church Member

Gertrude Seal Burwell, 84, a homemaker and church member, died of cardiovascular and Parkinson's diseases Nov. 29 at Fairfax Nursing Center in Fairfax, where she lived.

Mrs. Burwell, a native of Shenandoah Junction, W.Va., moved to Washington during World War II to work as a secretary. She married and traveled with her husband, a military officer and CIA employee, to Asia and Europe.

A member of the Friendship United Methodist Church in Falls Church, she enjoyed cooking, working in her flower garden and arranging flowers. She also read, solved crossword puzzles, played cards, bowled and hunted for morel mushrooms.

Her husband, James S. Burwell, died in 2005.

Survivors include three daughters, Patricia Boyd of King George, Va., Barbara Schulze of Woodbridge and Marsh Smith of Fairfax; a sister, Velva Blevins of Colora, Md.; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

E. Douglas 'Doug' BurtonWashington Business Owner

E. Douglas "Doug" Burton, 89, who owned and operated his family's Washington awning business, R.C.M. Burton & Son, died Dec. 11 at Clayton Comfort Care nursing home in Silver Spring. He had Alzheimer's disease.