Obituaries

Her husband, Henry H. Fowler, secretary of the Treasury from 1965 to 1968, died in 2000. A son, Henry Hamil Fowler Jr., died in 1955.

Survivors include two daughters, Mary Ann Fowler Smith of Montclair, N.J., and Susan Fowler-Gallagher of Staatsburg, N.Y.; two sisters; four grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Michael John BaxterArmy Lieutenant Colonel

Michael John Baxter, 58, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and a sales representative for Sprint, died of lung cancer Jan. 1 at Winchester (Va.) Medical Center. He lived in Front Royal, Va.

Col. Baxter, a native of Seattle and graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, served in Vietnam in the early 1970s.

He received a master's degree in engineering from Texas Tech University in 1981 and retired from the military in 1994. Col. Baxter then joined Sprint and sold government telephone and electronic systems until he retired again in 2002.

He moved from Fairfax Station to the Shenandoah Valley and began a career as a volunteer, mentoring through the Warren County Coalition, becoming a deacon and teacher at Marlow Heights Baptist Church in Front Royal and tutoring in math at Randolph-Macon Academy.

Survivors include his wife, Kathryn Baxter of Front Royal; two sons, Adam Baxter of Alexandria and Ryan Baxter of Virginia Beach; his parents, Norma and Art Baxter of Oahu, Hawaii; two sisters; and a brother.