Obituaries

-- Matt Schudel

John E. ProminskiRadiologist

John E. Prominski, 83, who had a radiology practice in Northern Virginia and Washington for 40 years before retiring in the early 1990s, died Feb. 5 at the Sweet Grass Court nursing home in Mount Pleasant, S.C. He had Alzheimer's disease.

Dr. Prominski, a former Arlington resident, moved to Isle of Palms, S.C., in the 1990s.

He opened his first office in the 1950s on Hillwood Avenue in Falls Church as a solo practitioner. After several years, he formed a partnership, Drs. Belair, Prominski & Sheely, which became Drs. Prominski, Sheely, Banning & Cornell and later Drs. Prominski, Sheely, Cornell & Garcia.

His group established several offices and provided radiologic services to patients at the old Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Circle Terrace Hospital in Alexandria and Northern Virginia Doctors Hospital, of which he was one of the founders during the 1960s.

Dr. Prominski was born in New Brunswick, N.J., and served in the Army Medical Corps in the European theater during World War II. After the war, he graduated from Rutgers University and Georgetown Medical School, and he completed an internship and residency in radiology at Georgetown Hospital.

He enjoyed playing golf with his friends and children at Washington Golf & Country Club in Arlington and Wild Dunes on the Isle of Palms.

He served as a member and president of the Fairfax County Medical Society, the Virginia chapter of the Radiological Society of North America and the Washington Golf & Country Club. He was also a member of the Virginia State Medical Society, the Georgetown Clinical Society, the Catholic Physicians Guild and the Arlington Rotary Club, where he had perfect attendance for almost 25 years.

He was a longtime member of St. Agnes Catholic Church in Arlington.

Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Nancy Patricia Prominski of Isle of Palms; seven children, John E. Prominski Jr. of Washington, Dr. William E. Prominski and Peter M. Prominski, both of Arlington, Christopher D. Prominski of Seattle, Nancy P. Rooney of Salem, N.H., Mary E. Johnson of Haymarket and Ann Carty Hassett of Nashville; three sisters; and 15 grandchildren.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

Eleanor M. LindsjoElementary School Teacher

Eleanor M. Lindsjo, 98, who taught in Montgomery County elementary schools for 30 years, died of cardiac arrest Feb. 7 at Elternhaus assisted living facility in Dayton, where she had lived since 2003.

Mrs. Lindsjo, a native of Crescent Mills, Calif., and a resident of Silver Spring since 1946, was a teacher at John Nevins Andrews Elementary School, an Adventist school in Takoma Park, and at Glen Haven, Dennis Avenue and Arcola elementary schools in Silver Spring. She retired in 1976.

Mrs. Lindsjo also edited and wrote elementary school textbooks.

After retiring, she volunteered for many years at Adventist Community Services of Greater Washington in Silver Spring.

Her husband, Holger Lindsjo, died in 1994.

Survivors include a sister, Arlene Grimley of Dayton.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

Donald J. PageInformation Resource Director

Donald J. Page, 74, who was director of information resource for the General Services Administration before retiring in 2001, died Feb. 4 at the Potomac Home in Princeton, N.J. He had Alzheimer's disease.

Mr. Page worked at GSA for more than 35 years. As part of his job, he was also chief of the policy division. For many in federal agencies, he was the "go-to person," his family said.

He was born in Cambridge, Mass., and while serving in the Air Force was stationed in Japan during the Korean War. He graduated in 1955 from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.

He lived in Reston for 35 years and moved to Princeton nearly eight years ago.

A nature lover, Mr. Page enjoyed walking the trails in Reston. He also enjoyed all genres of music and had a special affinity for classical and jazz music.

He was a member of Church of the Apostles in Fairfax City for many years.

His marriage to Mary Ann Page ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret Skutch Page of Princeton; three children from his first marriage, Stephen Eric Page of Virginia Beach, Tamara Michele Patterson of Raleigh, N.C., and Valerie Page James of Sumter, S.C.; two stepsons, David William Skutch and Christopher Grady Skutch, both of Montclair, N.J.; and eight grandchildren.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

Marge Patricia WelchHomemaker

Marge Patricia Welch, 90, a homemaker who lived on a farm in Calvert County for 56 years before moving to Alexandria in 2006, died Jan. 29 of congestive heart failure at Inova Fairfax Hospital.

She was born in Ryde, Calif., where she grew up on a ranch. She received an associate's degree from Sacramento Junior College.

She married George Raymond Welch in 1940 after a two-month courtship, and they moved to Vallejo, Calif. They lived there until 1950, when they bought a farm in Huntingtown. Her husband died in 1996.

Mrs. Welch was active in the Huntingtown United Methodist Church.

"She was just a farmer's wife and was nurturing to everyone who knew her," said her daughter, Phyllis Welch of Alexandria.

Survivors, in addition to her daughter, include a son, Raymond V. Welch of La Ca¿ada Flintridge, Calif.; a grandson; and three great-grandchildren.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb