Obituaries

Isobel W. 'Annabel' HolmanSaleswoman

Isobel W. "Annabel" Holman, 85, who worked in retail sales for Anita's Kids Place in Fairfax County in the late 1970s and early 1980s, died April 28 at Inova Fairfax Hospital.

A spokeswoman for the Fairfax medical examiner said determination of the cause of death was pending further tests.

Isobel Ann Woit was born in Fort William, now called Thunder Bay, Ontario. A brother, Benny Woit, played for the Detroit Red Wings when the team won the Stanley Cup in the mid-1950s.

During World War II, she helped manufacture Spitfire fighter planes for Canada Car and Foundry. She also was trained as a registered nurse in Canada before moving to Indiana in 1949 and becoming a U.S. citizen.

She taught parochial school and did retail sales work in Indiana before moving to the Washington area in 1971.

Survivors include her husband of 52 years, Tom Holman of Fairfax County; two children, Terry Holman of Burke and Tom Holman Jr. of Jackson, Miss.; two brothers; and a grandson.

-- Adam Bernstein

Frances Geller KirshbaumSocial Worker

Frances Geller Kirshbaum, 91, a retired social worker, died May 21 of respiratory failure at Inova Cameron Glen Care Center in Reston.

Mrs. Kirshbaum was born in Philadelphia, grew up in the Washington area and graduated in 1938 from the old Wilson Teachers College in the District. She did graduate study in social work at Catholic University.