Obituaries

Celia Anne KramerPhysician

Celia Anne Kramer, 69, an internist who practiced in the Washington area for more than 30 years, died of metastatic lung cancer May 2 at her home in Potomac.

Nutrition-conscious and athletic, Dr. Kramer had survived both thyroid cancer and bladder cancer before lung cancer was diagnosed in late 2006.

She was board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, and was a fellow of the American College of Physicians.

She was a native Washingtonian and graduated from Washington-Lee High School in 1955. She married her high school sweetheart three years later. She had two daughters and graduated from the University of Maryland in 1970 and from its medical school in 1974.

She completed an internship and became a diplomate in the National Board of Medical Examiners in 1975. She finished a residency in internal medicine two years later and a fellowship in gastroenterology at Washington Hospital Center in 1979.

Dr. Kramer ran the medical clinic and was vice chairman of the internal medicine section at the Washington Hospital Center until 1984, and she was an internist with the Group Health Association for the next 10 years.

She later returned to the hospital and retired from private practice in 1998 with Associates in Medicine in Vienna and Fairfax.

In retirement, she enjoyed annual ski trips, European travel and becoming fluent in both French and Spanish. She was a past treasurer of the Capital Golden Skiers club and sang with an a cappella group, Just in Time, which is part of the Heart of Maryland chorus. She last sang with the group April 19.

Survivors include her husband of 49 years, Robert Kramer of Potomac; two daughters, Laura Kramer of Chevy Chase and Ellen Kramer Eisenberg of Castle Rock, Colo.; a sister; and two granddaughters.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Alan A. KistlerAFL-CIO Official

Alan A. Kistler, 87, a career AFL-CIO official in Washington who retired in 1986 after 13 years as director of organizing and field services for the union, died May 10 at his home in Silver Spring. He had congestive heart failure.

Mr. Kistler helped oversee the union's field representatives nationwide and worked on political action campaigns, recruiting new members and organizing support for strikers.

He was recruited to the old Congress of Industrial Organizations after becoming a strike leader at a Pittsburgh steel mill where he worked in the early 1950s.

After the American Federation of Labor merged with the CIO, he worked on membership recruitment in the Organization Department.

During his career, he was president of the AFL-CIO Employees Federal Credit Union.

Alan Anthony Kistler was a Pittsburgh native and served in the Army in Europe during World War II. On the G.I. Bill, he graduated from the University of Chicago, where he also received a master's degree in public administration.

He served on the Greenbelt City Council from 1955 to 1959 and was the mayor from 1959 to 1961. More recently, he lived in Silver Spring, where he was a member of St. Andrew Apostle Catholic Church. He also was in the Knights of Columbus.

His wife, Marie Connolly Kistler, whom he married in 1948, died in 1999.

Survivors include three children, Kevin Kistler of Bethesda and Mary Anne Winters and Margaret Brown, both of Silver Spring; a brother; and eight grandchildren.

-- Adam Bernstein

Marion Catherine GriffinVolunteer

Marion Catherine Griffin, 83, a homemaker and volunteer, died April 12 at Central Continuing Care in Mount Airy, N.C. She had Alzheimer's disease.

Mrs. Griffin was a member of St. John Catholic Church in McLean and volunteered with the SHARE Food Network.

She was born in Springfield, Mass., and attended Northern Virginia Community College. She married a Marine officer and accompanied him to assignments around the world. They settled in the Washington area in 1966. She moved to Los Angeles in 2003 and to North Carolina in 2005.

Her husband, retired Capt. Joseph Alan Griffin, died in 2002.

Survivors include two children, Grace Kish of Mount Airy and Chris Griffin of Los Angeles; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Robert Harry FullerBusiness Owner

Robert Harry Fuller, 83, owner of a Takoma Park radio and television shop for 29 years, died of prostate cancer May 4 at his home in Riva, in Anne Arundel County.

Mr. Fuller, an electronics repairman for years, owned and operated Oakview Radio & TV from 1955 until 1984.

He was born in Hazleton, Pa., and attended a Baltimore vocational school to become an auto mechanic. He worked as a riveter with the Glenn L. Martin Co. in Baltimore before serving in the Navy in Panama from 1944 to 1946.

He then attended a school for radio and television repair while working as an auto mechanic in Baltimore. By 1951, Mr. Fuller was working as a television repairman at Western Auto Supply in Baltimore.

He enjoyed boating, fishing and reading the newspaper, as well as jigsaw puzzles, yardwork, gardening and feeding birds.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Cherie E. Gregory Fuller of Riva; six children, Danny Fuller of Huntingtown, Steve Fuller of Lake Anna, Va., Dennis Fuller of Laurel, Andy Fuller of Riva, Pam Ferguson of Baltimore and Patti Brady of Riva; a brother; three sisters; 14 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan