Obituaries

After World War II, Mr. Scott owned Gordon's Radio & TV shop in Northwest Washington. He was recruited from that job to be a communications officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, which he joined in 1952.

He spent 23 years with the CIA, including tours in Germany and Okinawa, Japan. As a personnel officer, he organized recreational activities and athletic leagues for employees.

After he retired from the CIA in 1975, Mr. Scott opened an office supply store in Kensington, from which he retired in 1981.

Mr. Scott played tennis until his death and often organized informal tournaments among family and friends. He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Kensington and later belonged to Christ Episcopal Church in Newburg.

He lived in Chevy Chase until 1981, when he moved to St. Mary's.

His wife of 58 years, Vera L. Scott, died in 2001.

Survivors include his wife of four years, Irene Morgan of St. Mary's; six children from his first marriage, Henry I. Scott III of Mobile, Ala., Duane F. Scott of Silver Spring, Shelley L. Scott of Reston, Vera M. Kopach of New Baltimore, Va., Stacy E. Scott of Fort Collins, Colo., and Phillip N. Scott of Silver Spring; a brother; and 10 grandchildren.

-- Matt Schudel

Lydia Fetler HartsockLanguage Teacher

Lydia Fetler Hartsock, 91, who taught foreign languages at area schools and worked as a translator, died April 22 of pneumonia at Brooke Grove Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Sandy Spring. She lived in Ashton.

Mrs. Hartsock was born in New York to Latvian and Russian parents, and the family returned to Europe soon after her birth. She grew up in Riga, Latvia, speaking Latvian, Russian, German and English.

She performed in a family band for several years before moving to the United States in 1939. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a bachelor's degree in German and moved to Washington.

She lived in Colombia for several years before returning to the Washington area in 1951. Throughout the 1940s and '50s, she was a translator of German, Russian, Latvian, Swedish and Dutch. In 1958, she became a part-time teacher of Russian and German at Montgomery County elementary and secondary schools.

Mrs. Hartsock received a master's degree in comparative literature from the University of Maryland in 1970. She taught Russian and German at High Point High School and Eleanor Roosevelt High School, both in Prince George's County, from 1968 to 1982, when she retired.

She lived in Silver Spring before settling near Ashton. She enjoyed gardening, painting watercolors, reading and caring for her cats and dogs.

Her husband of 57 years, John Kaus Hartsock, died in 2002.

Survivors include two sons, Peter Hartsock of Laytonsville and John Hartsock of Homer, N.Y.; two sisters, Elisabeth Bregenzer of Kooskia, Idaho, and Mary Miller of Arlington County; seven brothers, David Fetler of Rochester, N.Y., Paul Fetler of St. Petersburg, Fla., Philip Fetler of San Antonio, Andrew Fetler of Amherst, Mass., Peter Malof of Falls Church, James Fetler of Mountain View, Calif., and Joseph Malof of Austin; and a grandson.

-- Matt Schudel

William John Perkins Sr.News Artist

William John Perkins Sr., 85, a retired editorial artist at three Washington newspapers, died April 28 of cancer at his home in Norfolk.

Mr. Perkins began his career in the late 1940s with the old Washington Times-Herald and later worked at the Washington Star and The Washington Post before retiring in 1985. He drew maps and did page layouts, photo retouching and occasional drawings and cartoons.

In addition to his work at the newspapers, he did freelance work for National Geographic and other publications, as well as for a display at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

Mr. Perkins was born in Washington, Ind., and moved to the District as a child. He was a graduate of Eastern High School. During World War II, he served in a photo intelligence unit of the Army Air Forces in the Pacific. After the war, he came to Washington and graduated from the Corcoran School of Art.

His received an award from the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington and was a member of the Newspaper Guild.

He was a longtime Arlington County resident and a member of the Dominion Hills Civic Association. From 1985 to 2000, he lived in Duck, N.C.

Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Pat Perkins of Norfolk; three children, Pam Palma of Arlington, William J. Perkins Jr. of Hampton, Va., and Dana Graves of Fairfax County; and four grandchildren.

-- Matt Schudel