Obituaries

The job enabled him to work as a troubleshooter for the limousines used during the inauguration ceremonies for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and he and his wife attended a presidential ball.

Mr. Scanlan was a resident instructor at General Motors' Pontiac division in Chevy Chase in 1959 before joining the federal government.

Mr. Scanlan was a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He also was a life member of the Delta Theta Phi law fraternity.

His first wife, Jo Ann Reitman Scanlan, died in 1964. A son from that marriage, Jonathan Scanlan, died in 1970.

Survivors include his wife, Teresa M. Scanlan of Woodbridge; two children from his second marriage, Richard J. Scanlan III of Woodbridge and Kevin M. Scanlan of Jacksonville, Ala.; and a brother.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Emilie Helen EmshwillerHomemaker

Emilie Helen Williams Emshwiller, 82, a homemaker who worked as a Pentagon secretary during World War II, died of pulmonary fibrosis Jan. 14 at her home in Silver Spring.

Mrs. Emshwiller was born in Columbia, S.C., and moved to Washington at age 17 in response to the government's call for secretaries to help in the war effort. She took a job at the Pentagon while it was still under construction. She resigned after her marriage in 1946 and devoted herself to raising six children.

In 1992, at age 67, Mrs. Emshwiller received a bachelor's degree in American Studies from the University of Maryland. She had few books as a child but grew up to enjoy libraries and reading. She passed along her reading passion to her children.

She also enjoyed the cultural benefits of Washington, particularly the art and history offerings of the Smithsonian museums. Other hobbies included needlework, quilting, rug hooking, rug braiding and dressmaking. She also liked antiques, hand-blown glass and ceramic pieces.