Obituaries

Rita Schatzl StrongWaitress

Rita Schatzl Strong, 78, a retired waitress and food service worker, died June 13 of a heart attack at her home in Alexandria.

Mrs. Strong was born in Wolnzach, Germany, where she met her husband, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Harold E. Strong. They were married in 1949. He was killed in the Vietnam War in 1965.

Mrs. Strong lived in Alexandria for more than 40 years and worked as a waitress at the Fort Belvoir Officers' Club and at a Holiday Inn in Alexandria. She later managed the dairy department of the Fort Belvoir commissary before her retirement in 1989.

A son, Edward Gregory Strong, died in 1979.

Survivors include three children, Harold G. "Sonny" Strong of Alexandria, Rita Strong Lester of Kinsale, Va., and Kathie Strong Driscoll of Lynchburg, Va.; and four grandchildren.

-- Matt Schudel

Raymond L. BrodieVA Loan Official

Raymond L. Brodie, 83, who spent 32 years working for the Veterans Benefits Administration until retiring in 1987 as assistant director for loan guarantee and management, died June 14 at his home in Midlothian, near Richmond. He had lung cancer.

Mr. Brodie worked for the Veterans Administration in Philadelphia before moving to the Washington office in the early 1960s. He received career awards from the veterans agency.

Raymond Leader Brodie was a Philadelphia native and a 1948 graduate of Pennsylvania State University. He received a master's degree in public speaking from Temple University.

During World War II, he served in the Army and participated in the Normandy invasion.