Obituaries

She also was a backer of Chicago's Court Theatre, where her son Charles is artistic director, as well as other theater groups nationwide.

Mrs. Newell did volunteer work for the Clinton White House, helping respond to mail, and Sen. Walter Mondale's (D-Minn.) unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1984.

She was a member of St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in the District.

Her marriage to Rev. Philip R. Newell Jr., former director of the National Presbyterian Center in the District, ended in divorce. A son, Philip R. Newell III, died in 1975.

Survivors include three children, Timothy P. Newell of Jamaica Plain, Mass., Charles P.W. Newell of Chicago and Patricia M. Newell of the District; three brothers; a sister; and seven grandchildren.

-- Adam Bernstein

Frank W. Jones Jr.CIA Station Chief

Frank W. Jones Jr., 86, a CIA station chief in multiple locations, died after a heart attack Feb. 8 at his home in Weston, Mass. He also had Parkinson's disease.

Mr. Jones worked for the agency from 1954 to 1975 and was awarded the Intelligence Medal of Merit at the time of his retirement. He worked in Austria, Germany, Poland, Cyprus, Norway and Switzerland, as well as in Washington. In four of those countries, he was senior intelligence adviser to the U.S. ambassador.

At the 2002 opening of the International Spy Museum, Mr. Jones was honored as "one of the true unsung heroes of the Cold War . . . the consummate intelligence officer and the finest station chief I ever had the privilege of serving," said his former subordinate, Peter Earnest, executive director of the museum.

Mr. Jones was "highly organized, very purposeful and very direct," Earnest said in an interview Thursday. "I think he was personally courageous. We were in a place where a civil war was going on, and he exhibited personal courage. . . . I know he had to call the shots on several high-risk operations."

He was born in New Hartford, Conn., graduated from West Point in 1943 and served in the Third Army in France as a tank commander. He received the Silver Star, Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. He also fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and in post-war Germany, he served on Gen. George S. Patton's staff. He remained in the Army until joining the CIA in 1954.

He received a master's degree from the National War College in 1966.

After retiring, Mr. Jones moved from his home in Washington to his boyhood home in Connecticut, where he organized successful local river and forest conservation efforts. He was a member of a Parkinson's support group, the Weston Military History Group and Kartwheels, a mobility program for the handicapped. With the aid of a hospice volunteer, Mr. Jones completed his memoirs for his family just before he died.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Arlene Jones of Bloomfield, Conn.; three daughters, Dr. Robin Jones of Weston, Jeanne Jones of Colebrook, Conn., and Kristin Jones of New York and Rome; and two grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Margaret M. MacGillGovernment Secretary

Margaret O'Meara MacGill, 88, who spent more than 25 years doing secretarial work in the Office of the Secretary of Defense until retiring around 1980, died Feb. 8 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington of respiratory distress and pneumonia.

In the 1940s, Mrs. MacGill did secretarial work for the Ellett & Short insurance company in Washington. She then spent five years with the Air Force Department.

Mrs. MacGill, an Arlington resident, was a native Washingtonian and a 1937 graduate of Roosevelt High School. She also graduated from the Washington School for Secretaries.

In retirement, she was a member of genealogical societies and volunteered at the Arlington County Central Library's Virginia Room, a reference service and repository for the county's historical resources.

Her hobbies included bowling and photography, and she traveled to Europe, Africa and the Far East.

Her husband of 57 years, Leon H. MacGill, died in June.

She had no immediate survivors.

-- Adam Bernstein

Juanita K. DorseyNSA, Schools Employee

Juanita K. Dorsey, 90, a former employee of the National Security Agency and the District's public schools, died Jan. 29 at her home in Martinsburg, W.Va. She had Alzheimer's disease.

She had lived in Washington since the 1950s until moving to West Virginia last summer.

Born in Charlotte, N.C., she graduated from Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C., and moved to Washington during World War II. She worked for the NSA at Fort Meade for about eight years in the 1960s, then joined the District's public school system in the personnel department. She worked there from 1969 to 1982, when she retired.

Mrs. Dorsey was a member and deaconess of Lincoln Congregational Temple United Church of Christ in Washington. She was also a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

Her husband, Fred O. Dorsey, died in 1962.

Survivors include her son, Frederick B. Dorsey of Martinsburg.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Mary Louise M. BrelandRealtor

Mary Louise Murphree Breland, 88, a Realtor who co-owned and operated her own business in Solomons, Md., before merging it with O'Brien Realty in Solomons in the early 1980s, died Feb. 11 at Calvert County Nursing Center. She had Alzheimer's disease.

Mrs. Breland, a longtime Solomons resident, remained with O'Brien until retiring in 1997.

She was born in Tuscaloosa, Ala. She graduated from the University of Alabama in 1940 with a degree in English.

She settled in the Washington area after college and, with her husband, owned and operated several businesses at the D&L shopping center in Solomons.

In the 1960s, she taught English and civics at Calvert High School before starting her real estate business, Bre-Lan Realty, with partner Bernard Lankford.

She was president of the Calvert County Council of PTAs and the Southern Maryland Association of Realtors. She was an honorary member of the Solomons Island Yacht Club.

Her husband, Carl F. Breland, died in 1990.

Survivors include three children, Jeanette B. Hull of Tallahassee, Gary C. Breland of Tequesta, Fla., and Dona B. Collins of Severn; a sister; a brother; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

-- Adam Bernstein

Paul F. HerfurthFleet Manager

Paul F. Herfurth, 87, a retired fleet manager for Ford Motor Co., died Feb. 11 at Asbury Methodist Retirement Village in Gaithersburg. He had Alzheimer's disease.

Mr. Herfurth, an Alexandria native and Lee Jackson High School graduate, worked for Ford at the old plant on the Alexandria waterfront before World War II. When the plant was converted to wartime production during World War II, Mr. Herfurth joined the Navy and served as a chief petty officer in communications at various bases across the United States.

After the war, he returned to Alexandria and resumed his job at Ford, retiring as district manager of fleet services in 1979.

He then worked for the Hill and Sanders Ford dealership in Wheaton as a fleet manager until his second retirement about 2002. He attended Strayer Business School.

Mr. Herfurth was a confirmed member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Alexandria and later Grace United Methodist Church in Gaithersburg.

He was a devoted fan of the Washington Senators baseball team, and he also rooted for the Washington Redskins football team.

Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Betty Herfurth of Gaithersburg, and a sister, Hildegarde Herfurth of Alexandria.

-- Patricia Sullivan

William B. RobertsBudget Examiner

William Bond Roberts, 95, a retired budget examiner who was also a volunteer, died of complications of pneumonia Feb. 6 at Inova Alexandria Hospital.

A resident of Arlington for 47 years, he lived for the past three years at the Hermitage of Northern Virginia in Alexandria.

Mr. Roberts worked for the federal government for more than 40 years, primarily with the Office of Management and Budget and its predecessor, the Bureau of Budget. He was an examiner in the national security division and often traveled to U.S. military installations to review their spending.

After his retirement in the early 1970s, he volunteered with the United Way of the National Capital Area and Travelers Aid, where he assisted visitors from his post at Reagan National Airport until 2004.

A member of Arlington United Methodist Church since 1957, Mr. Roberts and his wife were active in its Couples Club. He was a longtime volunteer for many church programs, as well as Meals on Wheels and FISH, which provides people with transportation to medical appointments.

Mr. Roberts was born in Portland, Ore., and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He received a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1944, in the same class as well-known trial lawyer Edward Bennett Williams.

He had a lifelong interest in trains, travel and baseball and rooted for the Philadelphia A's in his youth. He transferred that allegiance to the Washington Senators and Baltimore Orioles. Mr. Roberts retired from attending baseball games in 2001, the same year Orioles infielder Cal Ripken Jr. hung up his cleats.

His wife, Ruth Carroll Roberts, died in 1988.

Survivors include his son, Cliff Roberts of Arlington.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Mildred C. DuvalBookkeeper

Mildred C. Duval, 99, a retired bookkeeper for the agency now known as the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, died Feb. 4 of congestive heart failure at the Gables at Mount Vernon, an assisted living facility in Alexandria. She was a longtime resident of Arlington County before moving to Alexandria in 2002.

Mrs. Duval was born in the District and graduated from Central High School in 1926. After her marriage in 1932 to George C. Duval, a pharmacist for Peoples Drug, she took a job as a bookkeeper with the transit authority. She retired in the late 1960s.

She enjoyed traveling with her husband to New Mexico and the Rocky Mountain states and collecting Indian masks and jewelry. They also amassed an extensive collection of Hummel figurines and proudly displayed what they called their "treasures" in the basement of their home, near the year-round Christmas tree.

Her husband died in 1987.

There are no immediate survivors.

-- Joe Holley

Ellen McCoy HallProfessor

Ellen McCoy Hall, 59, a professor of social science at Johns Hopkins University, died Jan. 26 at her home in Washington. The cause of death is pending, according to the D.C. medical examiner's office.

Dr. Hall taught at Johns Hopkins for the past six years, specializing in workplace stress. She previously worked for Environmental Action, the Urban Environment Conference and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union in Washington.

She was born in Washington and moved to New Mexico as a child. She graduated from the University of Chicago and received a doctorate in occupational safety and health from the University of Stockholm in 1984.

She lived in Washington from 1980 to 1982, and again since 1998. She was a member of the Dupont Circle Club, a nonprofit organization that provides space to 12-step recovery groups.

Survivors include her father, Edward T. Hall of Santa Fe, N.M.; and a brother.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Marjorie AdamsHomemaker

Marjorie Jeanette Johnson Adams, 94, a former McLean homemaker who was one of the founders of McLean's Chesterbrook Swim and Tennis Club, died Feb. 13 of aortic stenosis in her residence at the Jefferson in Arlington County. She lived in McLean for many years before moving to Pompano Beach, Fla., in 1972. She moved to Arlington last month.

Mrs. Adams was born in Chicago, where she attended a secretarial college before her marriage in 1942. She and her husband, who worked as a civilian for the Army and for the IRS, moved to the Washington area that same year.

Mrs. Adams worked as a secretary for the Institute for Defense Analysis, although she considered herself primarily a wife and mother. In 1952, she and her husband and several of their McLean neighbors conceived and implemented the idea of building a community swimming pool, known today as Chesterbrook Swim and Tennis Club. They also helped form the Northern Virginia Swimming League, and Mrs. Adams was the organization's first secretary.

In 1954, she helped make history when she raised her hand at a Chesterbrook Elementary School PTA meeting and volunteered her daughter to be one of the first in the nation to received Jonas Salk's experimental polio vaccine. She was honored by the March of Dimes 50 years later. She said she didn't believe she did anything special but that she admired and trusted Eleanor Roosevelt, whose husband had founded what became the March of Dimes.

"I think my mother wanted to be progressive and brave like Eleanor Roosevelt," Gail Adams Batt of Arlington told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in 2004.

The site for the field trial of Salk's experimental vaccine was to be Washington, but after gossip columnist and broadcaster Walter Winchell warned mothers that the vaccine was dangerous, the District backed out. Fairfax County stepped in, although parents were apprehensive. Mrs. Adams's daughter was one of three volunteers from her school willing to be a "Polio Pioneer."

Mrs. Adams told the Sun-Sentinel she had numerous second thoughts after her daughter received the series of shots, wondering if she had put her at risk. "For weeks," she said, "I watched her like a hawk to see if anything developed."

While living in McLean, Mrs. Adams was a member of the Fairfax League of Women Voters and Rock Spring Congregational Church in Arlington.

Her husband, Ross James Adams, died Jan. 1.

Survivors, in addition to her daughter, include a son, Brian Ross Adams of Cleveland; and two granddaughters.

-- Joe Holley

Lynn R. CheezumArmy Colonel

Lynn R. Cheezum, 88, a retired Army colonel, died Jan. 26 at Casey House Hospice in Rockville. He had Alzheimer's disease.

Col. Cheezum served primarily at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and was chief of plans and management in the automatic data processing division of the Walter Reed comptroller's office.

He enlisted in the Army at the start of World War II and rose to technical sergeant before he was selected for Officer Candidate School. After he was commissioned in 1945, he served in the Panama Canal Zone and in Japan, as well as at Walter Reed. His military decorations include the Legion of Merit.

After he retired in the mid-1970s, Col. Cheezum was executive director of the Society for Computers in Medicine.

Col. Cheezum was born in Denton, Md. He played the saxophone professionally after high school, and his band, Lynn Cheezum and his Orchestra, were Eastern Shore favorites. He graduated from Montgomery College and the University of Maryland.

He was a Silver Spring resident for many years and a member of Woodside United Methodist Church.

His wife of 59 years, Eleanor Coursey, died in 2003.

Survivors include two children, Barbara Lynne Bise of Germantown and Steven Brooks Cheezum of Centennial, Colo.; a sister; four grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Ray D. Crossley IIPublic Health Service Officer

Ray D. Crossley II, 75, a U.S. Public Health Service officer who led an information services office for the Food and Drug Administration, died of multiple organ failure Feb. 15 at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring. He lived in Silver Spring.

Dr. Crossley was director of the biologic information services office in the Center for Drugs and Biologics at the FDA from 1984 to 1988. He had worked at the agency since 1972, rising from a Freedom of Information and environmental impact officer to director of the FOI office.

He was born in Milton, Pa., and graduated from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa. He received a master's degree in pharmaceutics in 1964 from the Philadelphia College of Science and Pharmacy, now the University of the Sciences.

Dr. Crossley joined the Public Health Service in 1958 and the following year began working as a pharmacist at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and later as a biological products inspector.

He retired from the Public Health Service and the FDA in 1988, but continued to work as a pharmacist for what is now CVS until he fully retired in 1997.

A man of many interests, Dr. Crossley was a master gardener in Montgomery County, a gourmet cook who helped out at Bethesda's L'Academie de Cuisine, an accomplished photographer and saxophone player and home repairman. He also volunteered at St. Matthew Presbyterian Church in Silver Spring.

His marriage to Bernice E. Felix ended in divorce. A daughter, Lori Crossley, died in 1981.

Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth E. Hiner of Silver Spring; a daughter from his first marriage, Karen Crossley of Rockville; two stepchildren, Christine Harmon of Frederick and Oliver Hiner of Oak Ridge, N.C.; two sisters; and four grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Henry D. ShapiroPhysician

Henry D. Shapiro, 85, who practiced medicine in northern New Jersey for decades and later was active in community life in Columbia, died Feb. 5 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He had complications of Parkinson's disease.

Dr. Shapiro, who moved to Columbia in the early 1990s, was born in Paterson, N.J., and graduated from Williams College and later from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1945.

His medical career spanned more than 50 years and included overseas service in the Army at the end of the World War II. He had a private practice in internal medicine and hematology and conducted early research into the understanding of sickle cell anemia. He served as director of medical education and later worked in hospital quality assurance and utilization review at the Paterson General Hospital, which later became Wayne General Hospital.

Dr. Shapiro had a keen sense of social justice, his family said, and continued his political activism after moving to Columbia. He was involved with the Alliance for a Better Columbia, a citizens watchdog group, often spoke before the Columbia Council and wrote numerous letters to local newspapers.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Lillian P. Shapiro of Columbia; two children, David Shapiro of Jerusalem and Judith A. Shapiro of Takoma Park; 11 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb