Obituaries

Mr. Ippolito's first wife, Edna Dorothy Knack Ippolito, died in 1998.

Survivors include his wife of eight years, Claudette Tucker Ippolito of Germantown, whom he met while both were doing their daily mall walking for exercise; four children from his first marriage, Charles Joseph Ippolito Jr. of Ellicott City, John Bruce Ippolito of Easton, Md., Carol Ann Collins of Charles Town, W.Va., and Robert Allen Ippolito of Damascus; a stepson from his second marriage, Jeffrey Tucker of Waynesboro, Pa.; a sister; 12 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

-- Joe Holley

Gertrude Doherty BerlewHomemaker, Volunteer

Gertrude Doherty Berlew, 90, a homemaker and volunteer, died of hypertensive cardiovascular disease at the Jordan Oaks retirement home in Cary, N.C. She previously lived in Rockville.

Mrs. Berlew, who had come to the Washington area in 1939, did volunteer work at the National Lutheran Home in Rockville and was a member of Crusader Lutheran Church in Rockville.

She was born in Kansas City, Mo., and graduated from Northeast Business College in her home town. She moved to Washington in 1939 to work as a secretary in the business division of the Census Bureau. She left after five years to marry and start a family.

Her husband of 62 years, William A. Berlew, died in 2004.

Survivors include four children, Stephen Berlew and Valerie Berlew Barbour, both of Cary, Bonnie Berlew Delmar of Gaithersburg and Kim Berlew Kovacic of Herndon; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Mary Burke Babcock SchuweilerReston Volunteer

Mary Burke Babcock Schuweiler, 83, a former Reston homemaker and volunteer, died Feb. 29 at Inova Fairfax Hospital of a brain hemorrhage and a massive stroke. She lived most recently in Springfield.

Mrs. Schuweiler was born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., and studied at the University of Wisconsin before marrying and moving to the Washington area in the late 1940s. She settled in Reston in 1979.

She was an active volunteer with the Virginia chapter of PEO, a philanthropic organization that provides financial support for young women attending college. She was twice elected president.

She also did volunteer work at Inova Fairfax Hospital and with the League of Women Voters and other community service organizations.

Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Melvin L. Schuweiler of Springfield; three children, Mark L. Schuweiler of Bluemont, Robert C. Schuweiler of Kent, Wash., and Mary Suzanne Schuweiler-Daab of Spartanburg, S.C.; a brother; four grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.

-- Joe Holley