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Marjorie C. Newton VOLUNTEER
Marjorie C. Newton, 88, a
volunteer from 1983 to 2003 for Haven of Northern Virginia, a bereavement support agency in Annandale, died Sept. 16 at her daughter’s home in Springfield of advanced progressive dementia. Marjorie Claire Hughes, a
Springfield resident, was a New York native. She received an asso- ciate’s degree in psychology from Northern Virginia Community College in 1975. Her husband of 55 years, re-
tiredMarine Col.Minard P. New- ton, died in 2001. Survivors in- clude two children, Laura New- ton of Springfield and John New- ton of Falls Church; and four grandchildren.
— Lauren Wiseman
Helene Boetticher LABOR DEPARTMENT LAWYER
Helene Boetticher, 90, a law-
yer who retired in 1995 from the U.S. Labor Department as a branch chief in the office of the solicitor, died Sept. 25 at Mont- gomery General Hospital in Ol- ney. She had complications from a gall gladder procedure. Mrs. Boetticher spent more
than 20 years with the Labor Department. Early in her career, she was a lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board in Chica- go and was among the first female trial lawyers litigating unfair labor practice cases. Helene Zoggwas born a native
of Syracuse, N.Y., and received undergraduate and law degrees fromthe University ofWisconsin atMadison. After graduating from law
school in 1943, she went into private practice in Milwaukee, where she was elected one of the first female presidents of the Junior Bar Association. She was a recipient of the
Department of Labor’s Distin- guished Career Service Award. She volunteered with Meals
onWheels. Her husband, William D.
Boetticher, whomshemarried in 1958, died in 1990. Survivors include three children, John Boetticher of Frederick and Amy Glaudemans and Sally Thomas, both of Olney; and six grandchil- dren.
— Adam Bernstein
Mary P. Cunningham COMPANY SECRETARY
Mary P. Cunningham, 79, who
was secretary of Temple Motor, an automobile dealership in Al- exandria that she ownedwith her brother and sister, diedAug. 27 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital of complications froma stroke. Mrs. Cunningham worked for
the family business from late 1940s until it was sold in 1997. Her father started the company in 1925. Mary Philomena Caporaletti
was an Alexandria native and a 1948 graduate of the old George WashingtonHigh School in Alex- andria. Her husband of 44 years, re-
tired Army Lt. George Cunning- ham, died in 2002. Survivors include a sister, Annie Continetti of Alexandria; and a brother, John Caporaletti of Lake Worth, Fla.
— LaurenWiseman
RobertW. Sullivan ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
Robert W. Sullivan, 79, who
was president of four trade asso- ciations and later a legal adviser to a Washington area business, died Sept. 1 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington County. He had congestive heart failure. Mr. Sullivan came to the
Washington area in 1974 as presi- dent of the Valve Manufacturers Association of America. He later served as president of associa- tions representing fabric manu- facturers and oil dealers before retiring in the late 1980s as president of the National Beer Wholesalers Association. Mr. Sullivan then spent 18
years as the staff legal adviser of McKeever Services Corp., a Fair- fax County company specializing in construction permitting and inspections. Robert William Sullivan was
born in New York and grew up in Worcester,Mass.He attended the University of Illinois on a football scholarship andwas amember of the school’s 1952RoseBowl team. Soon after, he joined the Army and served as an artillery officer during the KoreanWar. He was seriously wounded
during the “Outpost Harry” bat- tle in 1953 and received the Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. After the war, Mr. Sullivan graduated in 1956 from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and from law school at Cornell University in 1959. He then spent 15 years as a lawyer with the New York firm
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run by “Wild Bill” Donovan, the former head of the Office of Strategic Services, theWorldWar II -era precursor to the CIA. Mr. Sullivan lived in McLean
for many years before moving to Gainesville six years ago. He served on the boards of several professional groups and also worked as a part-time importer of Italian wines. Survivors include his wife of
56 years, Virginia Pannes Sulli- van ofGainesville; a son, Stephen Sullivan ofWoodbridge; a broth- er; and a granddaughter. — Matt Schudel
Salvatore S. Sala AIR FORCE OFFICER
Salvatore S. Sala, 93, a veteran
of two wars who retired fromthe Air Force as a lieutenant colonel in 1964 and then worked several more years as a civilian for the same military branch, died of cardiac arrest Sept. 5 at Mary Washington Hospital near his home in Fredericksburg. Col. Sala served 22 years in the
Air Force before his final active- duty assignment, as chief of per- sonnel security at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va. He had earlier been a pilot andwas a veteran of World War II and the KoreanWar. His military decorations in-
cluded the Distinguished Flying Cross and two awards of the Air Medal. Salvatore Saverio Sala was a
native of Queens, N.Y., and was a journalism graduate of Penn State. A daughter, Lisa Frey, died in
2009. Survivors include his wife of
64 years, Mildred Gehlhausen Sala of Fredericksburg; four chil- dren, Anthony J. Sala of Freder- icksburg, Nicola C. Neil of War- renton,Michelle Lesinski of Fair- fax County and Sabrina Dohm of Broad Run; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. — Erin Williams
Royal Bisbee USAID OFFICER
RoyalBisbee Jr.,who served in
Iraq, India, Greece, Sierra Leone and elsewhere during his career as a Foreign Service officer, died Sept. 12 of prostate cancer at his home in Great Falls. He was 87. Mr. Bisbee retired in 1979 as
director of the office of research of the U.S. Agency for Interna- tional Development. He previ- ously had served since the 1940s as a USAID public affairs officer, a State Department consul and a member of a military attache in theMiddle East. He was honored by the State
Department for leading an expe- dition to Tibet in 1949 to bring home Lowell Thomas, an Ameri- can broadcaster known for mak- ing Lawrence of Arabia famous. Thomas had broken his thigh after being thrown from a horse on a mountain pass in Tibet, where he was reporting. Mr. Bisbee was also instru-
mental in 1952 in establishing and directing the Voice of Ameri- ca Hindi and Urdu broadcasts to India and Pakistan. In retirement, Mr. Bisbee
startedWashingtonExport Infor- mation to help firms establish sales contacts abroad. In 1980, he and his family started aMcLean- based real estate firm that was bought by Coldwell Banker Ste- vens.Mr. Bisbee retired from the real estate business in 2003. Royal Daniel Bisbee Jr. was
born in Godhra, India, where his parents were serving as Method- istmissionaries. After serving in the Army
duringWorldWar II, he graduat- ed from the University of Wash- ington in 1947. He received a master’s degree in international affairs in 1964 from George Washington University. His two daughters died, Bar-
bara BisbeeMitchell in 1969 and Renee BisbeeMiller in 2007. Survivors include his wife of
64 years, Barbara Beeler Bisbee ofGreat Falls, and a granddaugh- ter.
— Emma Brown
Georgette Habeger ARLINGTON TEACHER
Georgette Habeger, 89, a sub-
stitute teacher for Arlington County public schools in the early 1960s, died Sept. 12 at Woodbine Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Alexandria. She had dementia and heart disease. Mrs. Habeger, a longtime Ar-
lington resident, had spent the past seven years at Woodbine. She formerly sang with the Car- oleers at Lee Senior Center. GeorgetteDycewas a native of
Blackfoot, Idaho, and a 1940 journalism graduate of the Uni- versity of Iowa. Her husband of 58 years,Rich-
ard J. Habeger, died in 1998. Survivors include three chil-
dren, Steven Habeger of Ocean Pines, Md., David Habeger of Arlington and Kathleen Habeger of Falls Church; a sister; three grandchildren; and two great- grandsons.
— Megan Buerger
Maureen Boland VOLUNTEER
Maureen Boland, 87, a volun-
teer at Providence Hospital in Washington and amember of the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, died Sept. 19 of conges- tive heart failure at her home in Rockville. As a Dame of Malta, Mrs.
Boland was part of a Catholic order dedicated to helping the needy. She was a member of the board of Flax Trust America, a charitable organization support- ing communities in Northern Ireland. Maureen McCarthy was born in Washington and graduated in
1942 from Holy Cross Academy. She graduated from Trinity Col- lege in 1946 and received a master’s degree in economics fromCatholic University. During the 1940s, she did
intelligence work for the State Department. Her husband of 54 years, Lou-
is J. Boland, died in 2003. Their daughter Colleen T. Boland died in 2006. Survivors include seven chil-
dren, Sean F.X. Boland of Chevy Chase, Kevin O. Boland of Bethesda, Michael M. Boland of Potomac and Louis J. Boland Jr., JamesM. Boland, John L. Boland and Eileen T. Boland, all of Rockville; a brother, Sean McCa- rthy of Potomac; and 13 grand- children.
— Emma Brown
F.J. Johnson Jr. ASSOCIATION OFFICIAL
F.J. Johnson Jr., 80, amanager
of theNationalEducationAssoci- ation’s human and civil rights awards program from 1972 to 1987, died Sept. 16 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda of conges- tive heart failure. Mr. Johnson started working
for the NEA in 1967 as a profes- sional services coordinator. Be- fore moving to the Washington region in 1967, he was a high school English teacher in Seattle. Mr. Johnson, whose initials
stood for nothing, was born in Marshall, Tex., and received a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Washing- ton in Seattle in 1952. He served in the Army from
1952 to 1954 and was in the Reserve until 1960. He had lived in Potomac since 1971. Survivors include his wife of
58 years, May Joyce Wood John- son of Potomac; two daughters, Teri Johnson and Valerie John- son, both of Gaithersburg; a sister; and two granddaughters. — Lauren Wiseman
CATHERINETUCKER COLLIER "Cat"
On Thursday,September 30, 2010, of Forestville,MD. Beloved mother of Rozier Collier,Jr.,Kara"Nikki" Collier Brown, and Marcus Collier; grandmother of Joshua Brown; mother-in-law of Trentin Brown.
Also survived by her two brothers Nathaniel Tucker and Dwight Ivy.Relatives and friends may call at New Vision Fellowship Church, 2100 Ritchie Road, District Heights,MD20747, on Thursday,October 7, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., where the funeral service will follow at 12 p.m. Interment Delray Beach Cemetery,FL. Memorial contributions may be made to New Vision Fellowship Church.
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WILLIAMC.PATRICKIII, 84 One of world’s top experts on biological warfare BY T. REES SHAPIRO William C. Patrick III, 84, one
of the chief scientists at the Army Biological Warfare Laboratories at Fort Detrick and who was responsible for overseeing the military’s top-secret weaponiza- tion of some of the world’s deadli- est diseases, including anthrax and tularemia, died of bladder cancer Oct. 1 at Citizens Nursing Home in Frederick. Mr. Patrick held five classified
U.S. patents for the process of weaponizing anthrax. He was chief of the development pro- gram at Fort Detrick in Frederick for much of the ColdWar. Inthe 1960s,Mr.Patrick led the
highly classified weaponization of tularemia, a disease he consid- ered superior to anthrax as a biological agent because of its potency. Under Mr. Patrick’s direction,
scientists at Fort Detrick devel- oped a tularemia agent that, if disseminated by airplane, could cause casualties and sickness over thousands of square miles, according to tests carried out by theU.S. government. Some experts believed that the research showed biological weap- ons could be as devastating as a nuclear blast. In a 10,000-square- mile range, the biological weapon had a 90 percent casualty rate and 50 percent fatality rate, capa- ble of killing its hosts within hours of infection. The Fort Detrick biowarfare
program was started in the early 1940s under President Franklin D. Roosevelt after the Allies re- ceived intelligence reports that the Germans and Japanese were pursuing biological weapons. Mr. Patrick joined the effort in
1951 and became chief of the development program in 1965. His team explored the world's deadliest diseases, including Q fever, plague and Venezuelan equine encephalitis.His staff also devoted attention to anthrax be- cause of its speed in poisoning its host. In interviews over the years,
Mr. Patrick said his development program tested more than 20 anthrax strains to discern the
JOEL MCCLEARY
William C. Patrick III was sent to Iraq in 1994 to look into alleged covert germ labs.
most lethal variety. The deadly spores engineered at Fort Detrick were capable of wafting more than a mile through the air — rendering concrete barriers and other modern military defenses useless against attack. To disseminate the biological
agents, the Fort Detrick scientists hid them in aerosol spray systems inside fountain pens, walking sticks, light bulbs and even in the exhaust pipes of a 1953Mercury. They conducted mock attacks
in places bustling with people, including the New York subway system andWashington National Airport, in the latter case releas- ing anthrax simulants hidden in suitcases. Fort Detrick's biological offen-
sive program ended in 1969, when President Richard M. Nix- on renounced biological weap- ons, most of which were later destroyed. In 1972, the United States signed an international treaty outlawing biological weap- ons.
Afterward,Mr. Patrick focused
on defense against biological weapons, helping to find ways to neutralize the agents he once produced. William Capers Patrick III was
born July 24, 1926, in Ridgeland, S.C., and grewup in Furman, S.C. He served in the Army during
World War II and became fasci- nated with penicillin, a newly
OF NOTE
Joe Shumate POLITICAL CONSULTANT
Joe Shumate, 69, a California
political consultantandseniorad- viser toU.S. Senate candidateCar- lyFiorina,was founddeadOct. 1 in his apartment inSacramento. State Republican Party Chair-
man Ron Nehring confirmed the death, and said the cause of death has not been determined, but that no foulplay is suspected. Mr. Shumate was one of Cali-
fornia’s most influential political consultants. A graduate of San Francisco City College and San Francisco StateUniversity, he pre- viouslywas deputy chief of staff to former Republican Gov. PeteWil- son.
Mr. Shumate also worked for
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), helping him in his initial run for governor in 2003, then in Schwarzenegger’s successful re- electionbidin2006. In addition, Mr. Shumate ad-
vised the California Chamber of Commerce and had worked on a numberof localandstatewidebal- lotmeasures.
MauryAllen SPORTSWRITER
Maury Allen, 78, who wrote biographies of everyone from
Jackie Robinson to Joe Namath and spent 27 years writing about sports for theNew York Post, died Oct. 3 at his home in CedarGrove, N.J.Hehadlymphoma. Mr. Allen also worked for
Sports Illustrated, wrote more than three dozen books and servedanadviseron“TheBronxIs Burning.”Mr.Allenmade a cameo in the ESPN miniseries about the 1977 Yankees and was a staple in several sportsdocumentaries. He recently completed a book
about former Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Dixie Walker, which was releasedthis year.
KwaGeok Choo SINGAPORE POLITICAL MATRIARCH
KwaGeok Choo, 89, thewife of
Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, who described her as his “tower of strength,” and the mother of the city-state’s current primeminister, died Oct. 2 at her home in Singapore. She had suf- fered a stroke and brain hemor- rhage in 2008 and had been bed- ridden and unable to speak since then. Sheis survivedbyherhusband,
two sons — Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Lee Hsien Yang —and a daughter,neurologistLee WeiLing.
Lee Kuan Yew, who is 87,
stepped down as prime minister in 1990 but continues to wield influence in his son’s cabinet un- derthetitleofministermentor.He is in frail health andwas hospital- izedWednesdaywithachest infec- tion. Although sometimes criticized
as too authoritarian, Mr. Lee is creditedwithtransformingSinga- pore froma sleepy port city into a gleaming regional center for com- merce and amodel of social order andlowcorruption. Born on Dec. 21, 1920, to a
well-to-do family,Ms.Kwa attend- edEngland’sCambridgeUniversi- ty, where she studied law as a Queen’s Scholar. She met fellow Cambridge student Lee in 1944 and the twomarried in Singapore in1950. Ms. Kwa was a partner in the
Lee & Lee law firm, which she founded with her husband and Lee’sbrotherLeeKimYewin1955. After Lee became prime minister in 1959,Ms.Kwa stayed on to help runthe firm. She was not known as a cam-
paigner or speech giver and re- mained a deeply private person. MostSingaporeans rememberher for wearing traditional Chinese cheongsam dresses while accom- panying her husband on official trips abroad.
—Fromnews services WILLIAM H.BRAXTON, III
On Thursday,September 30, 2010. Beloved husband of Dorothy Braxton; devoted father of Yolanda Proctor (Charles), Yulita Watson (Jerome), Tracy Jackson, III (Nefertiti) and Mar- cus Jackson (Cheri). He is also survived by nine grandchildren, other relatives and friends. Mr.Braxton may be viewed at the STEWART FUNERAL HOME, 4001 Benning Road, NE, Wednesday,October 6from 10 a.m. until services at 11 a.m. Interment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
CHASE JOHN SAMUEL CHASE
On Monday,September 29, 2010. Beloved husband of Audrey Jordan Chase; father of Myra, Tyrone,Kenneth, Dennis,Roger,Nathan and Joan. Visitation Wednesday,October 6at 10 a.m., service at 11 a.m. at the Apostolic Faith Church of Jesus Christ the Lord, 5305 Accokeek Rd., Rt. 373, Brandywine,MD20613.
COATES JAMAL R. COATES
Passed on September28, 2010. Family will receive friends on Wednesday,October 6from 9:30 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. at King Emanuel Baptist Church, 2324 Ontario Rd. N.W. Interment Harmony Memorial Park.
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produced drug given to soldiers to prevent infection. This led to a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of South Carolina in 1948 and a master’s degree in microbiology from theUniversity of Tennessee in 1949. After working for an Indiana
company that produced antibiot- ics, Mr. Patrick was recruited to theArmy’s biowarfare efforts by a former professor at Tennessee. Mr. Patrick’s first marriage, to
the former SaraMcCoyAyer, end- ed in divorce. Survivors include hissecondwife, VirginiaHowsare Patrick of Frederick, whom he married in 1972; two sons from his first marriage, William T. Pat- rick and Mark E. Patrick, both of Rockville; and two stepchildren, Theresa Bedoya of Baltimore and Martin Lynch ofNashville. After retiring in 1986, Mr. Pat-
rick remained of the world's fore- most experts on biological war- fare and defense and served as a consultant to the CIA, FBI and U.S. military. His business card was adorned with a skull and crossbones. In the early 1990s, Mr. Patrick
led the debriefing of Soviet defec- tor Ken Alibek, who as Kanatjan Alibekov was the deputy chief of the Soviet biowarfare program. In the mid-2000s, the FBI
sought Mr. Patrick’s biological weapons expertise for the investi- gation of the anthrax attacks along the East Coast. A few years earlier, he had been commis- sioned to write a report on the effectiveness of an anthrax attack spread through the mail system. In the report, Mr. Patrick de- scribed how an envelope laced with 2.5 grams of anthrax could do significant harm by direct and indirect contact. The anthrax attacker — who authorities claimed might have studied Mr. Patrick’s report as a “blueprint” — used about the same amount to kill five people and sicken 13 others. Mr. Patrick was often called on
to provide testimony for hearings involving bioterrorism, and was knownto participate with zeal. In a 1999 appearance before the House Permanent Select Com- mittee on Intelligence, he pulled out a small plastic bottle filled
with 7.5 grams of an inert anthrax simulant. “I've been through all the ma-
jor airports and the security sys- tems of the State Department, the Pentagon, even the CIA, and no- body has stopped me,”Mr. Patrick said, noting that if his simulant had been real anthrax, it could “take care of the Rayburn build- ing and all the people in it.” As one of fewer than 100 Amer-
icans with operational knowl- edge of biological agent produc- tion, Mr. Patrick was sent to Iraq in 1994 as aU.N. weapons inspec- tor to look into SaddamHussein’s alleged covert germ laboratories. Despite the macabre nature of
his work at Fort Detrick, Mr. Patrick spoke about how vital his profession was to national securi- ty.
“We did not sit around talking
about the moral implications of what we were doing,” he told the Baltimore Sun in 2004. “We were problem-solving.”
shapirot@washpost.com
INMEMORIAM CHARLIE E.MAHONE,SR.
MAHONE June 5, 1924 -October 5, 2008
Cherished by your family,friends,and those whose lives you touched. It has been two years.Welove you and we miss you, Your Family
DEATHNOTICE BAILEY
Shannon, Crissi, Matthew,Tony and Jennifer. Preceded in death by her mother Ella Bailey and her brother William Bailey.She worked for Giant for 15 years in the seafood department. She enjoyed the beach, boating and family.She will be sorely missed by all who knew her and left everyone she met with asmile.She was dearly loved by her fiancé and "Spanky". "You are my sunshine." Amemorial service will be held at Collins Funeral Home,500 University BoulevardWest, Silver Spring,MD on Thursday, October 7, at 11 a.m. Interment private.
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BARTON LYNN-MARIE BARTON
On Sunday,October 3, 2010 of Vienna,VA.Wife of DavidYoung Lee; daughter of Marie B. Barton and the late Russell L. Barton; sister of Michael Lawrence Barton, Patrick Russell Barton, Jo Anne Barton, Mary Barton Cosman and Wendy Barton Kmetz.Also survived by three nephews, five nieces,two great-nephews and one great- niece.Friends may call at MURPHY FALLS CHURCH FUNERAL HOME, 1102 W. Broad St., (Rt. 7) from 2to4and 6to8p.m. Wednesday, October 6. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, 8601 Wolftrap Rd., Vienna, VA 22183 on Thursday,October 7at10:30 a.m. Interment Oak Wood Cemetery.Memorial contributions may be made to Capital Hospice.
BRAXTON
LYNN MARIE BAILEY On Thursday,September 30, 2010, of Crofton, MD.Beloved fiancée of Ronald McIntire; daughter of Elmer and Beverly Bailey; sister of Richard, Paul and Elmer Bailey,III and Kay Rosnick; aunt of Colin,
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