Obituaries

Survivors include her husband of 42 years, Dr. Patrick J. Bowen of Potomac; two sons, Dr. Patrick H. Bowen of Atlanta and John M. Bowen of Bethesda; and two granddaughters.

-- Matt Schudel

Lee Clagett Warfield Jr.Phone Company Foreman

Lee Clagett Warfield Jr., 92, a retired phone company employee, died July 16 at Montgomery General Hospital in Olney of aspiration pneumonia after several strokes.

Mr. Warfield was born on the family farm near Gaithersburg and graduated from Gaithersburg High School and Bliss Electrical School, which became a part of Montgomery College's Takoma Park campus.

Before World War II, he worked for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. and was among the first group of Army draftees from Montgomery County shortly before the United States entered the war. He was scheduled for discharge on Dec. 8, 1941, but events of the previous day caused a change in plans.

After attending Officers Candidate School, he served five more years with the 10th Army 3rd Signal Corps, earning the rank of captain as commander of Company B. He received the Bronze Star for meritorious service on Okinawa.

He returned to the phone company after the war and stayed until his retirement as a foreman in 1978. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and gardening.

His first wife, Mabel Glasscock Warfield, died in 1987.

Survivors include his wife of 17 years, Carla Oviatt Warfield of Gaithersburg; a daughter from his first marriage, Caroline Winchester of Loup City, Neb.; two stepsons, Stephen Oviatt of Vienna and Mark Oviatt of Atlanta; and six grandchildren.