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His wife of 54 years, Juanita Tisnado, died in 1991.

Survivors include five children, Alicia Tisnado and Cesar Tisnado, both of Falls Church, Dr. Jaime Tisnado of Richmond, Rodo Tisnado of Paris and Gilberto Tisnado of Lima, Peru; a brother; and five grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Johanna C. SchramblingAdministrative Aide

Johanna C. Schrambling, 58, an administrative aide and former congressional aide, died of cancer June 27 at Capital Hospice in Arlington. She lived in Springfield.

Ms. Schrambling worked most recently as an administrative assistant at the Marriott Residence Inn in Vienna, retiring last year after more than 10 years there.

She came to the Washington area in 1973 as a press and project assistant to Sen. Marlow W. Cook (R-Ky.) and subsequently worked for then-U.S. House members Tim Lee Carter (R-Ky.) and William Carney (R-N.Y.).

She was born in Phoenix and graduated from the University of Arizona at Tucson. Early in her career, she did reporting work for the Associated Press's Tucson bureau and the Casa Grande (Ariz.) Dispatch.

In Virginia, she was a certified lay speaker at the Silverbrook United Methodist Church, a poll worker with the Fairfax County elections office, a volunteer at Newington Forest Elementary School and Hayfield Secondary School and a tutor with the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, reading and travel.

Survivors include her husband of 28 years, George Yenowine of Springfield; a daughter, Christine M. Yenowine of Springfield; two stepsons, Mark W. Yenowine of Louisville and David E. Yenowine of Powder Springs, Va.; two brothers, William E. Schrambling of Martinez, Calif., and Peter F.X. Schrambling of Clarkdale, Ariz.; four sisters, Roberta L. Jones of Springfield, Regina C. Schrambling of New York City, Joan M. Duncan of Clarkdale and Stefanie T. Griffen of Champaign, Ill.; and four grandchildren.


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