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Her marriage to Robert Charles Lucke ended in divorce.

Survivors include two daughters, Jeanette D. Lau of Springfield and Mary L. Summers of Annandale; one sister; two brothers; and four grandchildren.

-- Matt Schudel

Oscar E. Collins Jr.NSA Official

Oscar E. Collins Jr., 79, a retired official with the National Security Agency, died Feb. 17 of kidney failure at Genesis ElderCare rehabilitation center in Randallstown, Md. He lived in Severn.

Mr. Collins was born in Washington and was a graduate of Dunbar High School. He attended Howard University, American University and Lincoln University of Pennsylvania.

He served in the Army, then worked in a classified capacity with NSA for 41 years until his retirement in 1994.

He was a member of the Phoenix Society, an NSA retirement group, and was concerned with animal rights and environmental issues.

Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Ann B. Collins of Severn; a daughter, Janet Honeycutt of Rockledge, Fla.; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

-- Matt Schudel


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