Thursday, June 5, 2008
Edmund E. Pendleton Jr.International Lawyer
Edmund E. Pendleton Jr., 85, an international lawyer in Washington for four decades and a former D.C. Republican Committee chairman, died May 20 at his home in McLean. He had pancreatic cancer.
In private practice, Mr. Pendleton represented foreign governments as well as companies engaged in foreign commerce.
After retiring in 1990, he did consulting work for nongovernmental organizations in developing nations and worked to establish cash-commodity exchanges in Europe and Africa.
Edmund Embree Pendleton Jr. was born in St. Louis and raised in Texas and New York. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance. He served in the Army Medical Corps during World War II.
He was a 1948 graduate of Georgetown University's law school and received a master's degree in law from George Washington University's law school in 1951.
During his early career, he held periodic government assignments that suited his expertise in international law and his interest in Republican politics.
In 1969, he was elected to a three-year term as D.C. Republican Committee chairman. He had a role drafting legislation that created the D.C. Council and spent his last year as committee head trying to distance the committee from the turmoil associated with the Watergate scandal.
He was an elder at National Presbyterian Church in Washington. His other memberships included the National Defense Executive Reserve, the American Foreign Service Association and the Chevy Chase Club. He was a former trustee of the D.C. Legal Aid Society.
His marriage to Josephine Culbertson Pendleton ended in divorce. A daughter from that marriage, Helen Rowe, died in 2003.
Survivors include his wife of 17 years, Kyoko Makino Pendleton of McLean; four daughters from his first marriage, Junia Baker of Singapore, Mary Jo Pendleton of Wilmington, N.C., Lucille Seaton of Jacksonville, Fla., and Margaret Humphrey of Pacifica, Calif.; and six grandchildren.
-- Adam Bernstein
Frank CunninghamHospital Supervisor
Frank Cunningham, 89, retired admissions supervisor at Howard University Hospital, died May 31 of complications of diabetes at HospiceCare of the Piedmont in Greenwood, S.C.
He was born in Laurens County, S.C., and moved to Washington as a youth. He graduated from Dunbar High School, then served in the Army as a firefighter at a bomber base in North Africa during World War II.
Mr. Cunningham returned to Washington after his discharge and worked as a clerk at the U.S. Department of Agriculture before starting his own television repair business. He then became the night admissions supervisor at the old Freedmen's Hospital before it was taken over by Howard. He retired in 1977 and returned to Waterloo, S.C.
Mr. Cunningham was a 32nd degree Mason and past grand master of Prince Hall Lodge No. 10 in Washington.
His marriage to Rebecca Thigpen ended in divorce.
Survivors include two children, Dwight Cunningham of Washington and Danita Cobb of Raleigh, N.C.; two sisters; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
-- Patricia Sullivan
Marjorie W. HowlettChurchwoman
Marjorie Wages Howlett, 85, who was active in Bells United Methodist Church in Camp Springs, died May 26 at Bradford Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of cardio-respiratory failure after a stroke in March. She lived in Clinton.
At the church, Mrs. Howlett served as a youth group leader, adult class teacher, chair of finance and membership committees, lay reader and as an alternate lay leader representing Bells Church at the annual meeting of the Baltimore conference. She served in several leadership positions with the United Methodist Women, representing Bells on the board for the Epworth House scholarship program. She was also active in the church's "warm nights" mission, which opened its fellowship hall to homeless people.
Mrs. Howlett was born in Thomasville, Ga., and was raised in Sulphur Springs, Fla., where she met her husband. They moved to Prince George's County in 1951 and settled in Clinton in 1957.
She worked as an administrative specialist for the Clinton Motor Co. and Edgemeade School in Croom. After retiring from Edgemeade in 1981, she decided to further her education. In 1987, she graduated from the University of Maryland at the age of 64 with a double major in art history and history.
Her husband of 59 years, Francis W. Howlett, died in 2002.
Survivors include, two daughters, Lynn Howlett of Manassas and Dana Howlett of Albuquerque; two sons, Carey Howlett of Callao, Va., and Neal Howlett of Alexandria; a sister; and two grandsons.
-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb
Janice Mildred EklundFinancial Planner
Janice Mildred Eklund, 57, a financial planner and analyst, died May 6 of colon cancer at her home in Annandale.
Ms. Eklund was born in Lowell, Mass., and graduated from Abbot Academy, now Phillips Academy Andover. She attended Vassar College before receiving a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Maryland in 1975. She also did graduate work in American literature at George Washington University.
Andover's motto, "non sibi" (not for ourselves), inspired Ms. Eklund to a lifelong involvement in social and political service. As a student at Vassar, she helped organize a student strike for peace and represented the school in meetings with then-Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird and Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.). A passionate Democrat, she was an advocate for the rights of women, gay men and lesbians, and victims.
Active in Falls Church's public schools, she volunteered in the classroom, served as vice president of the PTA and was vice chairman of the school board. She worked on the gifted and talented committee and helped arrange a partnership with the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech University. She also played a key role in implementing a process to regularly review and revise board policies.
For most of the 1980s, Ms. Eklund was the financial administrator for the flagship division of Control Data Corp. until the pioneering computer company went through a drastic restructuring. From 1990 until 2004, she worked for two private financial planners.
She had adopted several abandoned cats and dogs, and her hobbies included reading, gardening and building her collection of antiques.
Survivors include her husband of 31 years, James Seret of Annandale, and two sons, Justin Seret of Atlanta and Trevor Seret of Annandale.
-- Joe Holley
Jerome GlazerCollection Agency Owner
Jerome Glazer, 84, the owner and operator of a College Park collection agency, died May 28 of congestive heart failure at his home in Chevy Chase.
Mr. Glazer, known as Jerry, was born in the District and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1941. As a 17-year-old, he enlisted in the Marines and spent a Marine-sponsored year at Colgate University until he was old enough to serve actively in the Pacific. After the war, he received an undergraduate degree in business from the University of Maryland in 1948.
He was called back to active duty by the Marines during the Korean War, serving as a captain. Afterward, he opened Eastern Credit Co., a District collection agency that he moved to Beltsville. He operated Eastern Credit until the early 1990s, when he sold the business and bought a home in his favorite place in the world -- Cannes, on the French Riviera.
He enjoyed living on the Mediterranean coast, but he missed working. "He loved old films, and that's fun for a while," said his companion of 16 years, Francine Linde, "but he was so bored, because he had worked so hard all his life."
In 1996, he came back to the United States and opened Chesapeake Credit Inc. in College Park. He worked until January of this year.
Mr. Glazer was a 60-year member of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia.
His marriage to Kay Glazer ended in divorce.
Survivors include his companion, of Chevy Chase; three children from his marriage, Jeffrey Glazer of Bethesda, Paul Glazer of Chevy Chase and Shirley Glazer of Seattle; a brother; a sister; and four grandchildren.
-- Joe Holley
Gary C. HongMontgomery College Official
Gary C. Hong, 58, who had spent the past decade as program director of the Lifelong Learning Institute, a continuing education program at Montgomery College, died May 26 at his home in Silver Spring. He had coronary artery disease.
For the learning program, Mr. Hong started a speakers series that included L. Paul Bremer, President Bush's top civilian administrator in Iraq, and Mike McCurry, a press secretary for President Bill Clinton.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Hong was a researcher at Congressional Quarterly; a writer and editor at the American Health Care Association; and manager of a clergy leadership project at the National Council on Aging. He was chairman of the Montgomery County Commission on Aging in the late 1990s.
Gary Chen Hong was born in Washington and raised in Silver Spring, where he was a 1968 graduate of Montgomery Blair High School. He was a 1972 government and politics graduate of the University of Maryland.
He was president of the Montgomery County Young Democrats group in 1975 and 1976, followed by service on the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee. In 1982, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates.
He collected athletic memorabilia related to the University of Maryland and Washington's baseball teams. He coached softball, including a women's softball team that competed in the National Senior Olympics in Orlando in 1999.
An amateur photographer, he won gold ribbons for his photos at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair.
Survivors include three sisters, Gloria Hong of Rockville, Joyce Yee of Derwood and Audrey Hong of Silver Spring; and a brother, Bruce Hong of Clinton.
-- Adam Bernstein
Norma L. MorganGarden Club President
Norma L. Morgan, 84, a former president of the Sumner Garden Club in Bethesda, died May 25 at Sibley Memorial Hospital after a fall a week earlier at her home in Bethesda.
Mrs. Morgan lived in the Sumner neighborhood of Bethesda and was a member of area citizens groups. She was a member of St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in Bethesda and the Chevy Chase Club.
Norma Lawrence was born in Mitchell, S.D., and raised in Washington. She graduated from Wilson High School and attended George Washington University.
During World War II, she was a secretary for the War Production Board and did volunteer work for the United Service Organizations and Army-Navy Wives Club.
Her former memberships included the Washington Club and parents' groups with St. Albans School and National Cathedral School.
Her husband, Jo V. Morgan Jr., whom she married in 1943, died in 1999.
Survivors include three children, Carol Compton of Falls City, Ore., Jo L. Morgan of Bethesda and Susan Maguire of Tampa; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
-- Adam Bernstein
Robert W. MooreForeign Service Officer
Robert W. Moore, 86, a retired Foreign Service officer who had seven overseas assignments with the State Department, died May 9 of a brain tumor at Fairfax Nursing Center. He lived in McLean.
Mr. Moore was born in Boone, Iowa, and grew up in South Dakota and Chicago. He was a graduate of the University of Chicago.
After serving in the Army during World War II, he joined the Foreign Service in 1946. He was assigned to U.S. embassies in Paraguay, Chile, Ecuador and Malaysia and to consulates in Indonesia and Scotland. In addition, he was the consul general in Karachi, Pakistan, and Vancouver, B.C.
Mr. Moore received a master's degree in international relations from Tufts University in Medford, Mass., in 1957 and a master's degree from the Army War College in 1963.
Among his assignments in Washington, he was deputy inspector general of the Foreign Service. He retired in 1983.
He was a member of Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and the American Association of Individual Investors.
Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Jean Hunter Moore of McLean; three sons, John R. Moore of Austin, William H. Moore of Atlanta and Daniel K. Moore of Vienna; a sister; and three grandchildren.
-- Matt Schudel