Obituaries

Walter Thomas Suttle was a native of Suttle, Ala., a community founded by his family. He was a 1971 cum laude political science graduate of Sewanee -- the University of the South in Tennessee.

In 1975, he received a master's degree in international studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington.

He was an Air Force intelligence officer from 1971 to 1973 based at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado.

His main home was in Washington, and his memberships included the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany in the District.

Survivors include his companion of 28 years, John Moshier of Washington and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; a brother; and a sister.

-- Adam Bernstein

Lillian Duncan Strickler

Homemaker, Church Member

Lillian Duncan Strickler, 87, a homemaker and member of Trinity United Methodist Church in McLean, died of multiple organ failure May 22 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. She lived in Gainesville, Va.

Mrs. Strickler was born in Columbia, S.C., and moved to the Washington area more than 50 years ago.

A daughter, Robin Hixon, died in 2007.