Obituaries

Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Maxine Nelson Clark of Annapolis; three children, William W. Clark III of Hillsborough, N.C., and Linda L. Clark and Elaine Aarsand, both of Annapolis; a brother; two sisters; and two grandchildren.

-- Adam Bernstein

Elizabeth J. CoughlanLegal Secretary, Administrator

Elizabeth J. Coughlan, 83, a retired legal secretary and contract administrator with Amtrak, died April 4 at Lynn Care Center in Front Royal, Va. She had Alzheimer's disease.

She spent about 19 years with Amtrak, retiring in 1989. She previously worked as a secretary for the Arlington and Fairfax County school boards from 1963 to the early 1970s.

Mrs. Coughlan was born in Springfield, S.C., where she attended business college. During World War II, she worked as a secretary at a Veterans Administration hospital in Columbia, S.C. After the war, she married and moved to Chicago, where she and her husband started two suburban FM radio stations. Mrs. Coughlan hosted a daily interview show during the early 1960s.

She and her family moved to Fairfax County in 1963. She was a member of Neighborhood Watch in the Country Club View area of Fairfax, and she fed birds and other creatures that came to her yard. She was an advocate for education, and she read and studied throughout her life.

Her marriage to Dick Coughlan ended in divorce.

Survivors include five children, Gregory S. Coughlan of Fairfax, Laurie E. Coughlan of Towson, Md., Ellen C. Nichols of Winchester, Va., Meredith C. Potts of Round Hill and Bryan S. Coughlan of St. Louis; and a granddaughter.

-- Patricia Sullivan