Obituaries

-- Joe Holley

Margaret G. ErbeRegistered Nurse

Margaret G. Erbe, 86, a retired registered nurse, died Oct. 30 from complications of a stroke at Chester County Hospital in West Chester, Pa. She was a former Arlington County resident.

Mrs. Erbe was born Margaret Grant in Kansas City, Kan., and received her nursing degree from St. Mary's College in Leavenworth, Kan. She worked as a nurse in Washington state, California and the Panama Canal Zone before moving to the Washington area in 1954. She was a nurse at the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington from the mid-1950s until her retirement in the mid-1970s. In retirement, she enjoyed her grandchildren.

A son, John Michael Erbe, died in 2006.

Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Philip G. Erbe of Coatesville, Pa.; three children, Nancy Lanigan of Coatesville, Ernie Erbe of Falls Church and Amy Beach of Hagerstown; three brothers; 15 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

-- Joe Holley

Carolyn Annette ClampittSmithsonian Manager

Carolyn Annette Clampitt, 78, a retired deputy director of the Smithsonian Institution's visitor reception center, died Oct 30 at Sibley Memorial Hospital of a blood disorder. She was a lifelong Washington resident.

Miss Clampitt graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1948 and attended the old Holton-Arms Junior College and what is now Randolph College in Lynchburg.

She worked as a receptionist at the Covington and Burling law firm in the 1950s and then worked in fashion merchandising at Garfinckel's and Saks Fifth Avenue department stories in the 1960s, rising to bridal and couture buyer at Garfinckel's.

Miss Clampitt began volunteering at the Smithsonian and then was hired in the 1970s as weekend program coordinator for its Visitor Information and Associates Reception Center. She became deputy director of the center, holding that position until her 1989 retirement.

She was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Chevy Chase.

She had no immediate family survivors.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Margaret Squire 'Peggy' EatonTeacher

Margaret Squire "Peggy" Eaton, 58, a teacher at Forest Edge Elementary School in Reston for 29 years, died Oct. 29 at her home in Herndon of complications from lung cancer.

Mrs. Eaton, a native of Alexandria, graduated from Langley High School in McLean and received an associate's degree from Marymount University. She earned a bachelor's degree from Radford University.

She taught at Forest Edge until illness forced her retirement at the end of last year. She enjoyed gardening, making chocolates, solving puzzles and volunteering at Homework Help in Herndon.

Her husband, Michael Eaton, died in 2005.

Survivors include her three sons, Eric Eaton of Owings Mills, Jason Eaton of Manassas and Kevin Eaton of Blacksburg; her father, C. Crowell Squire of Springfield; three brothers, Chuck Squire of Kirkland, Ohio, Paul Squire of Burke and Peter Squire of Cary, N.C.; and a grandson.

-- Patricia Sullivan