B6 PATRICIA NEAL, 84 Oscar-winning star of ‘Hud,’ symbol of courage by Adam Bernstein Patricia Neal, 84, an Academy


Award-winning actress who mas- terfully portrayed intensity and vulnerability in her screen roles and became a widely admired symbol of courage after recover- ing from three strokes at her ca- reer peak in the mid-1960s, died Aug. 8 of lung cancer at her home in Edgartown, Mass. Over a 50-year career, Ms. Neal was a sporadic presence in mov- ies. She starred in fewer than 30. But the high caliber of her dra- matic work — especially in “Hud” (1963) and “The Subject Was Ros- es” (1968) — gave her an enduring reputation for excellence. Wash- ington Post film critic Richard L. Coe once called her “our most un- dervalued major actress.” She had won a Tony Award at


20 playing the scheming Regina Hubbard in “Another Part of the Forest,” Lillian Hellman’s prequel to “The Little Foxes.” The role brought her to Hollywood, where the husky-voiced beauty began a tormented relationship with actor Gary Cooper, with whom she starred in two movies (1949’s “The Fountainhead” and 1950’s “Bright Leaf”). Later she married Roald Dahl, the English writer of maca- bre fiction and children’s classics including “Charlie and the Choco- late Factory.” Ms. Neal won the Oscar for leading actress in “Hud” as an earthy housekeeper who sexually jousts with Paul Newman’s Texas ranch lothario.


She was also compelling in Elia


Kazan’s “A Face in the Crowd” (1957), as a reporter who shapes the rise and crashing of a TV huckster (Andy Griffith); as a Navy nurse in “In Harm’s Way” (1965) with John Wayne; and in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961), as a society matron who pays a hand- some writer (George Peppard) for his companionship. To many, her most stunning ac- complishment was “The Subject Was Roses.” Her alternately heart- wrenching and scornful portrayal of a disillusioned Bronx housewife and mother prompted film critic Judith Crist to grope “for su- perlatives to surpass all the su- perlatives we had applied in the past to the performances of Patri- cia Neal.” The film was Ms. Neal’s long-


awaited return to the screen after her strokes. Three years earlier, af- ter her nightly martini and bath- ing her daughter Lucy, she had strokes that nearly ended her life. She was three months pregnant at the time.


A difficult recovery


Ms. Neal recovered slowly, hav- ing lost much of her ability to speak and move. She tried to memorize poetry to regain her mental strength. She used a tele- prompter to ease her own panic of setting back production on “The Subject Was Roses,” which was based on Frank Gilroy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. She later wrote of desperately wanting the part: “I understood her frustration with her husband and her maternal struggle for her child. She was a woman with cal-


James D. McHale FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER


James D. McHale, 83, a retired


Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Information Agency, died July 23 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington County. He had pros- tate cancer. Mr. McHale, who lived in Mc-


Lean, joined the Foreign Service in 1957 and had early postings in Burma, South Africa and Indone- sia. In 1975, while serving as press officer at the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, he helped with the evacuation from the country when the United States closed its embassy. A linguist who spoke French,


German, Indonesian and Manda- rin Chinese, Mr. McHale served as the Washington- based Chinese language bu- reau chief for Voice of Amer- ica in the late 1970s. His final Foreign Service postings were


James McHale


in Hong Kong and Zaire. He re- tired in 1984. James Donald McHale was born Boston and served in the Army’s mountain patrol in Germany after World War II. He received a bach- elor’s degree from Boston Univer- sity in 1951 and a master’s from Johns Hopkins School of Ad- vanced International Studies in 1952. Before beginning his Foreign


Service career, he was a teacher, insurance broker and a linguist for


Gary Cooper’s character with a riding crop when he spurns her advances. The film was not kindly re- ceived by critics but was notable for the combustible sexual tension with Cooper, which continued off- screen for several years. She also saved the world from


destruction by yelling the code phrase “Klaatu barada nikto!” in “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (1951), regarded as one of the best sci-fi films of the era. At the time, she viewed a sci-fi film as a major step down. Ms. Neal was disappointed in her early film career, and she placed much of the blame on her own inexperience and stubborn- ness. “There was no one I could ask for advice,” she once said. “Not an- other actress, anyway. . . . Bette Davis was queen of the studio, and you couldn’t go up to her and ask her to solve your problems. They were real stars in those days, babe.”


Life like ‘Greek tragedy’ FILE PHOTO Patricia Neal wrote that her life had been likened to a Greek tragedy.


Ms. Neal returned to New York and concentrated on stage work. She won enthusiastic reviews as a teacher who succumbs to suicide in a 1952 Broadway revival of Hell- man’s “The Children’s Hour.” Having married the English writer Dahl in 1953, Ms. Neal also played a range of modern and classical dramas on the London stage and the BBC.


But it was her friendship with FILE PHOTO


Patricia Neal and Jack Albertson in the 1968 film version of Frank Gilroy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “The Subject Was Roses.”


luses on her ego. I knew I could play her.”


Ulu Grosbard, who directed the Broadway and movie versions, in- sisted on casting Ms. Neal for the film and waited for her to recover. “We were all jumping into the unknown. But at the first reading of the script I knew I was right,” Grosbard once said. “She is so sub- tle she can play from a subdued note to a wild and open anger. . . . I would rather do six extra takes with her and get what she gives than use someone else who couldn’t approach her range in 72 takes.” Ms. Neal earned an Oscar nomi-


nation for the role; Jack Albertson won for playing her miserly hus- band. After the film came out, Presi-


dent Lyndon B. Johnson gave Ms. Neal an American Heart Associa- tion honor at the White House. Good Housekeeping magazine named her in its poll of most ad- mired women. Although Ms. Neal sporadically


returned to acting, her illness spurred a second career filming


the National Security Agency. Mr. McHale was president of the Alzheimer’s Association in Northern Virginia during the late 1980s and performed music for Alzheimer’s patients and their families in McLean. In retirement, he studied Rus- sian and Japanese and contribut- ed articles to Foreign Service pub- lications. His wife of 29 years, Anita Zeh-


lin McHale, died in 1988. Survivors include his wife of


seven years, Barbara Hopper McHale of McLean; three daugh- ters from his first marriage, Ann M. Hatcher of Los Angeles, Chris- tine M. Kling of Felton, Calif., and Jennifer M. Hall of Santa Cruz, Calif.; and eight grandchildren. —Lauren Wiseman


Robert J. Lawrence FEDERAL RESERVE EMPLOYEE


Robert J. Lawrence, 80, a staff member at the Federal Reserve Board from 1967 until his retire- ment in 1992, died July 23 of can- cer at his home in Chevy Chase. Mr. Lawrence began as a re- search economist at the Federal Reserve and rose to become depu- ty staff director. In 1979, he be- came executive secretary of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, an intera- gency organization that works to ensure uniformity among the vari- ous agencies that regulate finan- cial institutions. In the course of his career, he


led efforts by the Federal Reserve Board’s staff to develop regula- tions to implement the Communi- ty Reinvestment Act of 1978. He


public service announcements about strokes and speaking to stroke victims worldwide. Patsy Louise Neal was born Jan. 20, 1926, in Packard, Ky., where her father was a mining company manager. She grew up in Knox- ville, Tenn., where Ms. Neal was turned on to acting at 10 after see- ing an impassioned speech about “demon rum” at the local temper- ance union speaking contest. She left drama studies at North- western University when profes- sional opportunities arose, and she struck up a friendship with playwright Eugene O’Neill that proved helpful for her career. Her Tony for “Another Part of


the Forest” led to a movie contract at Warner Bros., and she debuted in a mediocre comedy, “John Loves Mary” (1949), opposite Ron- ald Reagan.


Amid a run of forgettable dra- mas, her most striking early per- formance was in “The Fountain- head,” based on the book by Ayn Rand, in which Ms. Neal played a temperamental newspaper col- umnist who at one point whips


also developed models for a fail- proof bank and bank holding com- pany, which the board used to craft regulations to strengthen the financial structure of such compa- nies.


Robert James Lawrence was born in Elgin, Ill. He served in the Air Force in the 1950s and gradu- ated from the University of Illinois in 1957. After receiving a doctorate in economics from the University of Michigan in 1963, he was an asso- ciate professor of economics at the University of Texas at Austin until 1967. In retirement, Mr. Lawrence was director of the bridge group at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda and later led a bridge group at the Hilton hotel in Gai- thersburg. He attained the rank of Bronze Life Master with the Amer- ican Contract Bridge League. Survivors include his wife of 57


years, Frances Keene Lawrence of Chevy Chase; two sons, Rob Law- rence of Poolesville and Eric Law- rence of Rockville; a sister; a brother; and five grandchildren. —Emma Brown


William J. Haley BUSINESS OWNER


William J. Haley, 77, a Washing- ton restaurateur who later owned a construction company, died July 30 at his home in El Paso. He had Parkinson’s disease. Mr. Haley owned the Washing- ton sports bar Gary’s Locker Room, which later became the Red Onion. In the 1970s, he start- ed Haley-Deitrich, an Anne Arun- del County firm that specialized in


director Kazan that heralded a riveting new phase of her movie career. Starting with “A Face in the Crowd,” she took less-glamorous roles that made efficient use of her dramatic potential. She also earned several Emmy nomina- tions for her television work in the 1970s, notably as the Walton fami- ly matriarch in “The Homecom- ing: A Christmas Story.” In 1988, she wrote a confession- al memoir, “As I Am,” which de- scribed her many youthful affairs with married men (“in those days I had no conscience”) and the baby she conceived with Cooper but aborted (“my greatest regret”). In the early 1960s, her son Theo


suffered a brain injury after a taxi struck his baby carriage, and her 7-year-old daughter Olivia died from a rare complication from German measles. These ordeals only worsened her troubled marriage to Dahl, a chronic philanderer. She wrote that he had once ordered a doctor to tie her tubes while she was helpless from a stroke. The couple divorced in 1983. “Frequently my life has been


likened to a Greek tragedy,” Ms. Neal wrote, “and the actress in me cannot deny that comparison.” She said she suffered periods of depression and suicidal thoughts before finding peace as a Catholic convert. Survivors include her four chil-


dren, Theo Dahl of Naples, Fla., Tessa Dahl of Lincoln, Mass., Ophelia Dahl of Cambridge, Mass., and Lucy Dahl of Hancock Park, Calif.; a sister; a brother; 10 grandchildren, including British model and writer Sophie Dahl; and a great-grandchild. bernsteina@washpost.com


home remodeling. William John Haley was born in


William Haley


Washington and was an accom- plished athlete at Gonzaga College High School, where he was quarter- back for the football squad. In 1949, Mr. Haley, scoring twice, led Gon- zaga to a 12-7 victory over


Woodrow Wilson High School to win the city championship. He was first team all-Metro. After high school, he played football at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., where he received a bachelor’s degree in history in 1954. He played football for Army post teams from 1955 to 1958. In 1982, Mr. Haley moved to


Ruidoso, N.M., to sell property. He settled in El Paso in 1995. His marriage to Mary Griffith ended in divorce. A daughter from his first mar-


riage, Kathleen Haley, died in 1967. A son from his first marriage, Joseph Haley, died in 2000. Survivors include his wife of 23


years, Laura Baez Haley of El Paso; four children from his first mar- riage, Kelli Punte of Kittrell, N.C., William Haley Jr. of Pass Chris- tian, Miss., Erin Castaneda of Glen Burnie and James Haley of Glen Burnie; two sisters, Ann Teare and Grace Gilmore, both of Bethesda; a brother, Pat Haley of Grasonville, Md.; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. —Timothy R. Smith


CLARA E. GRIFFITH


What beautiful memories she leaves behind. There is not a day, dear Mother that we do not think of you. Your Children


Devoted and true to the end of her days. A loving Mother, gentle and kind.


January 12, 1914 - August 10, 2005 Faithful and honest in all her ways.


CONDOLENCE ROBINSON


JAMES K. ROBINSON


The attorneys and staff of Cadwalader, Wickersham &Taft LLP mourn the pass- ing of our partner and colleague, James K. Robinson, and extend our sincere and heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. A trusted advisor to his clients and beloved mentor to many lawyers, Mr. Robinson was respected and admired by both the U.S. and inter- national legal communities, from mem- bers of Congress and the judiciary to academicians and colleagues. We will miss his warmth, humor, friendship and unwavering dedication to our pro- fession.


DEATHNOTICE ALFRED


JAY LATIMORE DAVIS


On Friday, August 6, 2010 at Montgomery General Hospital, Olney,MD. Cherished hus- band of Marjorie Woodchek Davis; dear brother of Annabel Clayton of Chamblee, GA; beloved uncle of Eric (Mary)Woodchek of Plano, TX, Brian (Tamara) and Mike (Meredith)Woodchek of Dallas, TX, Christo- pher (Carrie) Clayton of San Diego, CA, Asun Clayton wife of the late nephew Robert Clayton; several great-nieces and great-nephews and many friends. A resi- dent of Silver Spring for more than 50 years. Jay worked for more than 30 years as an Engineer at Vitro Corporation in Aspen Hill. A Celebration of his life will be held at the Lutheran Church of St. Andrew, 15300 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD on Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Jay's name may be made to Colesville Meals on Wheels, 13100 Andrew Dr., Silver Spring, MD 20904 or to the Shepherd's Table, 8210 Colonial Ln., Silver Spring, MD 20910 or to St. Andrew's Lutheran Church. Please sign and view the family guestbook at www.hinesrinaldifuneralhome.com


S OBITUARIES


KLMNO


INMEMORIAM GRIFFITH


TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2010 DEATHNOTICE


CUNNINGHAM


FRANK CUNNINGHAM (Age 93) It is with regret that we notify the members of Steamfitters Local 602 of the death of Brother Frank Cunningham. Services held by family.


DAVIS Notice # 1365 J.C. Savia, Sr., FST


DEMPSEY


HARRYALFRED, JR.


On Wednesday, August 3, 2010, Harry Alfred Jr. of Temple Hills, Maryland. Spouse of Shirley Alfred; loving father of Gypsy R. Ingram, Tanza M., Kenith G. (YoungAe) Patrick K. (Lisa), Lynn R. and Maury


S.B. Alfred. Also survived by two brothers, James and Lonnie Alfred; nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, many other relatives and friends. Family will receive friends on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, 7806 Allentown Road, Ft.Washington, MDbetween 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Funeral service follows at 11 a.m. Interment Arlington National Cemetery.


www.wisemanfuneralhome.net BECK


MARY ELIZABETH O'DONNELL BECK (Age 70)


Of Ocean View, DE, formerly of Olney,MD, died peacefully on Saturday. August 7, 2010 in her home, after a courageous fight with cancer. Born January 28, 1940 inWashington, DC., she was the daughter of the late William and Bridie O'Donnell. Mary enjoyed her retirement at the beach. She loved traveling and spending time with family and friends. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Frank Beck; a daughter, Kathleen (Beck) Tolino and her husband Vince; a son, Kevin Beck and his wife Jenny; four grandchildren, whom she loved very much, Emily Kathleen Tolino, Ashley Marie Tolino, Lauren Elizabeth Beck and Michelle Olivia Beck. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, August 12 at 11 a.m. at St. Ann’s Catholic Church on Garfield Parkway in Bethany Beach. Friends may call on Wednes- day, August 11 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Bethany Chapel of Melson Funeral Services, 38040 Muddy Neck Rd, Ocean View, DE. 19970. Inter- ment will be held at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Route 26, Dagsboro, DE on Friday, August 13 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial contributions to Delaware Hospice Center, 100 PatriotsWay, Milford, DE. 19963. Online condolences can be sent by visiting www.melsonfuneralservices.com.


BROOKHYSER


St., Beckly,WV on Tuesday, August 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. and where Funeral Services will be held onWednesday at 11 a.m.


COSTAS


THOMAS BROOKHYSER Members of IUOE Local 77 are hereby notified of the passing of Brother Thomas Brookhyser on Fri- day, August 6, 2010. Friends may call at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home, 1901 S. Kanawha


John Moxon, Rec. Secy. WINDSOR DOLPH DEMPSEY (Age 83)


Of Upper Marlboro,MD passed away on Satur- day, August 7, 2010. He is the beloved husband of the late Shizue M. Dempsey; cherished son of the late Mattie Powell Dempsey Kelly and the late Richard Dempsey; loving father of Kenneth Dempsey, Peter Dempsey, Thomas Dempsey and Harumi Crawford; brother of Verelle Webster and the late Dolores Martin; grandfather of five and great-grandfather of four. He also leaves to mourn aunts, uncles, cousins and friends that were very dear to him. Family and friends will be received at Northeastern Presbyterian Church, 2112 Var- num St. N.E.,Washington, DC 20018 on Thurs- day, August 12 at 10 a.m. followed by Funeral Service at 11 a.m. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.


GABA DANIEL L.GABA (Age 82)


Of Fearington,NC, formerly of Rockville Centre, NY,onAugust 6, 2010. He is survived by Rhoda, his loving wife of 57 years; and his children Marjorie Shapiro (Stephen) of Larchmont, New York, and Steven (Amy Beckman) of McLean, Virginia. He is also survived by four grandchil- dren, Clifford and Edward Shapiro, and Ethan and Naomi Gaba; and his brother Richard Gaba. Dan’s warm smile and kind heart will be missed by those who knew and loved him. Memorial Service to be held at Larchmont Temple, 75 Larchmont Ave., Larchmont, NY, August 15, 2010, 10:30 a.m. Contributions in Dan’s memory may be made to UNC Hospice, PO Box 1077, Pittsboro,NC 27312..


GOLDSTEIN


KELLEE SUTTON GOLDSTEIN 10/27/1960 - 8/7/2010


Devoted mother of Nathan and Seth Gold- stein of Chantilly, VA, the loves of her life. Also survived by her parents, Kenneth and Virginia Sutton, brothers Kyle Sutton and Kirby (Annie) Sutton, five nephews and one niece. Services will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at National Funeral Home, Falls Church,VA. www.dignitymemorial.com


HAYDEN


ROBERT HAYDEN "Tim" (Age 67) It is with regret that we notify the members of Steamfitters Local 602 of the death of Brother Robert "Tim" Hayden. Viewing Thursday, August 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. at National Funeral Home, 7482 Lee


Hwy., Falls Church, VA.A memorial service will be held on Friday,August 13 at 11 a.m. at Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints, 4911 Ox Rd., Fairfax,VA.


J.C. Savia, Sr., FST Notice # 1367 HEIDER DORIS E. HEIDER


ALICE MARY COSTAS On Sunday, August 8, 2010, of Washington, D.C. Beloved wife of the late Louis Costas; mother of Laura (Robert Shepherdson) Costas and Peter Costas; sister of Peter Chakmakian. Also survived


by two nieces and one nephew. Funeral Service at the Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 36th St. & Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC, on Thursday, August 12, at 10:30 a.m. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place, 4713 Wisconsin Avenue, NW,Washington,DC, 20016,www.cchfp.org. www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.com


Doris Elaine Harder Heider, On August 7, 2010 of Annapolis, She is survived by her husband of 61 years George C. Heider Sr. and, by her three children, the Rev. Dr. George Charles Heider III of Valparaiso, IN, Laura Heider Greinke of Cordova, TN, and Dr. Robert Roy Heider of Charlottesville, VA, by seven randchildren, and by her brother, Robert Edgar Nelson Harder of Annapolis, MD. Memorial Gathering will be held at the Hardesty Funeral Home at 12 Ridgely Avenue in Annapolis from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, August 10. Funeral services will be held at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 31 Roscoe Rowe Boulevard in Annapolis at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 11, followed by a private committal at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Washington.The family requests that memorial gifts be directed either to the Ginger Cove Employee Scholarship Fund or to the Hospice of the Chesapeake, 445 Defense Hwy.,Annapo- lis, MD 21401. Online condolences may be placed atwww.hardestyfuneralhome.com


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