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He taught publishing courses at George Washington University and other schools. He collected books on printing and publishing and enjoyed printing invitations, announcements and cards using an old-fashioned press with movable metal type.

Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Jane Hartenstein Carroll of Bethesda; three children, Alison Carroll Carnes of Black Canyon City, Ariz., Jeremy M. Carroll of Germantown and John F. Carroll of Washington; and two grandchildren.

-- Emma Brown

Caroline J. Chastain Administrative Assistant

Caroline J. Chastain, 68, who worked as an administrative assistant in Washington from the mid-1960s until the late 1990s, died June 20 in a hospice care center in Evansville, Ind., of complications from cancer.

Ms. Chastain worked for Rep. Wilbur Mills (D-Ark.) in his home-district office. She moved to Washington to work for him at the Capitol. After raising her family in the 1970s, she went back to work in the 1980s as a member of the administrative staff of the National Council of Catholic Bishops.

In the 1990s, Ms. Chastain worked as an administrative assistant for Sens. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Harris Wofford (D-Pa.) before joining the staff at the Center for Policy Alternatives, from which she retired in 1998. She moved to Evansville in 2007.

Caroline Jeanne Chastain was born in Weatherford, Okla., and received an associate's degree from Capital City Junior College of Business in Little Rock, Ark.

She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Alexandria.

Her marriage to Charles O. Zuver Sr. ended in divorce. Their son Eric Zuver died in 1970.

Survivors include two sons, Charles O. Zuver Jr. of Los Angeles and Christian C. Zuver of Madison, Wis.; her mother, Wilma Luvern Chastain of Louisville, Ky.; two sisters; and five grandchildren.


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