Obituaries

William P. Wyatt Jr.Methodist Minister

William Preston Wyatt Jr., 59, a Methodist minister who had worked since July at Montgomery United Methodist Church in Damascus, died Nov. 26 at Howard County General Hospital. He had pancreatic cancer.

Rev. Wyatt, a Columbia resident, had previously served eight years as minister at Chevy Chase United Methodist Church.

He also served at Camp Chapel United Methodist Church in Perry Hall, Md., and Marvin Memorial United Methodist Church in Silver Spring.

Rev. Wyatt was born in Baltimore and graduated in 1970 from Albright College in Reading, Pa. He received a master of divinity degree from United Theological Seminary in Ohio in 1973.

Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Linda Wiley Wyatt of Columbia; three children, Laura Dosch of Orland Hills, Ill., Joshua Wyatt of Columbia and Andrew Wyatt of Morgantown, W.Va.; his mother, Bettie Wyatt of Chase, Md.; two brothers, Greg Wyatt of Fairfield, Pa., and Ron Wyatt of Eldersburg, Md.; and a sister, Janice Strong of Chase.

-- Adam Bernstein

Lowell E. OderArmy Colonel

Lowell E. Oder, 78, a retired Army colonel who served in the Korean and Vietnam wars, died Dec. 4 at Tall Oaks at Reston assisted living community. He had a heart ailment.

Col. Oder, who was commissioned in 1951, commanded a forward artillery unit in Korea and an artillery battalion in Vietnam under the First Cavalry Division. Among his military duties, Col. Oder participated in the development and testing of antiballistic missile technologies.

His awards included the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star.

After his retirement from the Army in 1977, Col. Oder was a program manager at Syscon Corp. in Washington. He retired again in 1990.