Obituaries

As Fairfax County developed during the 1970s and 1980s, her business brokered sales of homes, office buildings and land. Some of those deals were strategic purchases by parishes and ministries of the Richmond Catholic Diocese, which included Fairfax until 1974.

Mrs. Korte was known for her stylish dress, broad smile, direct manner, negotiating skill and high standard of ethics. She was active in the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce until she was in her mid-80s.

She was an outspoken advocate of commercial development in Falls Church as a means of strengthening its tax base, and she served on the Streetscape Commission that guided the beginnings of the beautification of Broad Street during the 1980s. She retired in 1997.

Mrs. Korte was born and raised in Richmond. She sang in church choirs in Richmond and Williamsburg and at St. James Catholic Church in Falls Church. She lived in Northern Virginia for 57 years.

Her husband, George Walker Korte, died in 1987.

Survivors include three children, Edward Korte of Tucson, Treena Rinaldi of Oakton and George Korte Jr. of Fairfax Station; a sister, Julia Bache of Richmond; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Margaret Anita WilliamsCIA Finance Officer

Margaret Anita Williams, 71, who retired from the CIA as a finance officer in 1994, died Dec. 14 of cancer at the Odyssey hospice center in Las Vegas, Nev. A former resident of Vienna, she moved to Henderson, Nev., in 2001.

Mrs. Williams was born in Lansing, Mich., and served in the Air Force as a supply management specialist from 1960 to 1963. She moved to the Washington area in 1970 and worked for the CIA for 20 years. Her work took her to many foreign countries.