John Ahearn Jr.; Larry Weekley; Viola A. Myers

John L. 'Jack' Ahearn Jr. Electrical Engineer

John L. "Jack" Ahearn Jr., 85, a retired Naval Research Laboratory electrical engineer, died Feb. 25 at his home in Oxon Hill after an apparent heart attack.

Mr. Ahearn worked in the laboratory's radar techniques branch from 1948 until retiring in 1986 and then continued part time at the laboratory until 1996.

John Leo Ahearn Jr. was a native of Somerville, Mass. He was an Army Signal Corps veteran of World War II. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1947.

His memberships included St. Columba Catholic Church in Oxon Hill, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Association of Old Crows, an electronic warfare professional association.

He built his family home in Oxon Hill and enjoyed repairing cars and electronics. For many years, he was involved with the running of a private well water company, supplying water to his Oxon Hill neighborhood. He built a fiberglass sailboat with his sons that he sailed on the Chesapeake Bay.

Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Patricia Carlisle Ahearn of Oxon Hill; four children, Marie Penny Ahearn of Falls Church, John L. Ahearn III of Baltimore, Joseph P. Ahearn of McLean and James E. Ahearn of Silver Spring; a sister; and six grandchildren.

-- Adam Bernstein

Larry Weekley Communications Executive

Larry Weekley, 84, a communications executive who retired in 1990 from the American Bankers Association, died of cardiac arrest Feb. 24 at his home in Brinklow, near Olney.

Mr. Weekley was a reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and editor of the Culpeper (Va.) Star-Exponent before joining The Washington Post in 1964 as a business reporter.

He left The Post in 1966 to become a senior information officer of Communications Satellite Corp., known as Comsat. In 1977, he became communications director of Satellite Business Systems, an effort by Comsat, IBM and Aetna life insurance to provide satellite telecommunications services for businesses. He joined the bankers association in 1985.