Obituaries

"He was the most fearless firefighter I ever worked with, and I crawled down many hallways with my knees burning and him leading the way," a fellow firefighter recalled on a Web site that Mr. Cones's son set up. "On more than one occasion, if it were not for him I would have bailed out, but he was a master at knowing just how far we could go without unnecessary risk."

Mr. Cones received a number of awards during his 23 years of service, including recognition from President Gerald R. Ford for helping to establish Fire Safety Day, a bronze medal of valor for rescuing two children from a residential fire in 1975 and an award from President Jimmy Carter for thwarting a suicide attempt.

After retiring as a captain in 1980, he worked until 2000 as the fire safety inspection engineer for Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, crabbing and boating and in later years took up woodworking, traveling, skiing, golf, crossword puzzles and card games, including pitch. He was a voracious reader of American and military history. He was a member of the Emerald Society, the American Legion, Knights of Pythias, the Optimist Club and the Calvert County Sportsman's Club.

Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Sheila Flanagan Cones of Annapolis; two children, Daniel Cones of Point of Rocks and Tracy Sacks of the District; two brothers, Gerald Cones of White Plains and Conrad Cones of Orlando; and one grandson.

-- Joe Holley

Harry HaymanComputer Engineer

Harry Hayman, 91, a computer engineer for NASA's Apollo space project, died of respiratory distress March 17 at West Boca Medical Center in Boca Raton, Fla. He was a former Silver Spring resident.

Mr. Hayman worked for NASA from the early 1960s until the Apollo program ended its missions to the moon in 1972. He became executive director of the IEEE Computer Society, a post he held until the mid-1980s, when he turned to running conferences for the organization until he retired in 1998.

Born in Allentown, Pa., Mr. Hayman grew up in New York and graduated from New York University. He sold candy door to door and taught himself how to operate a ham radio. The Federal Communications Commission hired him to move to Allegan, Mich., and eavesdrop on spy transmissions in the years before the United States entered World War II. When the United States entered the war, he joined the Navy and served as a radio operator, based in the Washington area.

Mr. Hayman joined the Census Bureau after the war. While on a leave from the government, he created WPGC radio station. He sold it shortly afterward to a partner in 1949 or 1950 and returned to the Census Bureau.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Edith Hayman of Boca Raton; four children, Gail Hayman of Aspen Hill, Beth Truman of White Oak, Sidney Hayman of White Oak and Stuart Hayman of Westchester, N.Y.; and nine grandchildren.