Obituaries

Ms. Case was co-moderator of Prodigy Classic's Genealogy Interest Group and assistant systems operator of Genie's Genealogy RoundTable. She edited the RootsWeb Review e-zine.

She wrote for American Genealogy magazine, the Friends of the Virginia State Archives' Archive News and the Virginia Genealogical Society's Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Her transcriptions of Henrico County's 1678-1693 record book appeared in the latter magazine from 1991 through 1998.

She was a member of the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors, the Association for Gravestone Studies and numerous other genealogical organizations.

Her marriages to Glenn E. Hilburn and Daniel J. Wszolek ended in divorce.

Survivors include a daughter from her first marriage, Kristine Hilburn of Alexandria, and a grandson.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Lloyd M. CarterPhone Company Engineer

Lloyd M. Carter, 86, a retired mechanical engineer with Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., died Jan. 21 of complications of Alzheimer's disease at Renaissance Gardens at Seabrook, an assisted living facility in Tinton Falls, N.J.

A former Springfield resident, he moved to Shrewsbury, N.J., last year.

Mr. Carter was born in the District and graduated from Central High School. After working for a couple of years at the phone company, he served in the Army during World War II, doing radio repair and maintenance. He returned to the phone company in 1946 and worked as a mechanical engineer until his retirement in 1983.

He was a former member of Springfield Civitans and volunteered with the March of Dimes. He also was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Springfield and what is now TelecomPioneers. He was an avid bike rider and enjoyed square dancing.

His wife, Louise I. Carter, died in 1994.

Survivors include a daughter, Carolyn C. Drewes of Shrewsbury, and a grandson.

-- Joe Holley

Daisy H. BoydD.C. Schools Librarian

Daisy Hawkins Boyd, 93, a D.C. public schools librarian who retired in the mid-1980s, died of kidney failure Feb. 15 at Rock Creek Manor Nursing Center in Washington.

Mrs. Boyd began working for the school system in the early 1960s and was a librarian at Miner and Rudolph elementary schools, among others.

She also taught night classes at D.C. Teachers College and Armstrong Adult Education Center. For several years during her teaching career, she also owned and operated an employment agency focused on black professionals.

She was born in Asheville, N.C., and raised in Washington, where she graduated from Dunbar High School. She had a degree in early childhood education from West Virginia State University.

Mrs. Boyd was a librarian at what is now Howard University's divinity school before joining the D.C. school system. She was a former director of what is now the National Congress of Black Women, and her memberships included the Order of the Eastern Star and Florida Avenue Baptist Church in Washington.

Her interests included attending theater and playing card games.

Her marriage to George Boyd ended in divorce.

Survivors include three children from the marriage, Leah Boyd and Gwendolyn E. Fair, both of Washington, and Harold S. Boyd of Arlington; a daughter from another relationship, Sharon R. Sims of Oxon Hill; 11 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and six great-great- grandchildren.

-- Adam Bernstein

Jean Wilson BreckenridgeSalon Manager

Jean Wilson Breckenridge, 81, a former manager at the Lord and Taylor department store at White Flint mall in North Bethesda, died of respiratory failure Feb. 16 at Sibley Memorial Hospital. She lived in Chevy Chase.

Mrs. Breckenridge was manager of the designer salon at the store from 1980 to 1986, when she retired. She had worked for Lord and Taylor in West Hartford, Conn., from 1968 until she moved to the Washington area in 1980.

She was born in Potsdam, N.Y., and attended the State University of New York in her home town. She moved to Bristol, Conn., in 1951 and raised her family while also volunteering in the community.

After her arrival in the Washington area, she became a founding member and docent at the National Museum of Women in the Arts and a member of the National Presbyterian Church and the Edgemoor Club in Bethesda.

A Francophile, she loved traveling to Europe and had a passion for fine food, gardens, Impressionism and fashion.

Survivors include her husband of 59 years, John B. Breckenridge of Chevy Chase; two daughters, Brooke Breckenridge Morton and Robin Breckenridge Stiner, both of Washington; a sister; and four grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan