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DEATH NOTICE

GUDBJORG“BECKY”STAPLES(90)

diedon October16,2020at her homein

NorthBethesda,Maryland.Sherejoicedin

raisingher familyand had aspecialtalent

for languages.She wasthe managerof the

telephone operatorsat KeflavikAirportwhen

she met her husbandin1955.Beckyworked

as abookkeepingclerkin bankingandat

theHebrewHomeinRockville,Maryland.She

enjoyedreadingmysteries,crosswordpuzzles,

Britishcomedies,andvisitstohernativecoun-

try,Iceland.

Gudbjorg is survivedby her husbandJohn,

her sons,Wendell,James,Sigurdand Sigurd's,

daughter Selma,and Jeffrey(Mary)and son

Andrew. From afamilyof sevenchildren,she is

survivedby two sisters,Hanna and Beta,and a

brother, Siggi,in Iceland.

Gudbjorg will be buriedin Crewe,Virginia,ina

privatesetting, at alater date.Pleasesign the

familyonlineguestbookat:

http://www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com

STAPLES

CAROLEE.TRANAVITCH

CaroleE. Tranavitchpassedawaypeacefully

withher lovingfamilyby her sideat her

homein Clifton, VA on FridayOctober16,

2020.ShewasbornDecember5, 1944in

Rahway,NJ.Carolemarriedtheloveofher

life,WilliamV. TranavitchJr.onNovember13,

1965 atSt.CeceliaChurchinIselin,NJ.Carole

enjoyed travel,reading,and winewhichlead

tomanyadventureswithherhusband.She

lovedall animalsand donatedto manyanimal

causes.Alwaystherewithwelcomingarms

to whomeverin need;aMotherto all. Her

love of historyled her to MountVernon where

sheworkedas an HistoricalInterpreterfor 12

years.She is survivedby her husband,William;

threesons,Vincent,Stephen,and Jeffrey;and

onedaughterKimberly;fourgrandchildren;

and one greatgrandchild.Due to the current

environmentserviceswill be heldprivatly at

FairfaxMemorial Funeral HomeinFairfax, VA.

We ask you to pleasedonateto the Susan

GKomenfundin Carole’sname.Anonline

guestbookis availableatwww.fmfh.com.

TRANAVITCH

JOHNANGIERVERNON

Passedawayon September20, 2020at age

69 at homein ChapelHill, NC surrounded

by his lovingfamily.Hesuccumbedto illness

associatedwithhis 30-yearbattlewithbrain

cancer.John was bornin Cleveland,Ohioon

May 2, 1951to Ferol BruceVernonand Mary

Vernon.Johnwasthe happycamperof the

familywithaquick wit and endearingcharm.

He grewup lovingcars,actingin playsand

runningtrack.Runningwouldbecomeone

of his lifelongpractices.Hegraduatedfrom

DukeUniversityin 1973as areligionmajor,

especiallyfascinatedwithEasternReligions.

Oneof his favoriteprinciplesof Buddhism

becameapersonalmantra:“Egois the causeof

all suffering.” He graduatedfromUniversityof

VirginiaDardenSchoolof Businessin 1976and

thenmarriedhis longtimegirlfriendMichele

Ruddyin Raleigh,NC in 1977.He wasa

foundingpartnerof HospitalityPartners,a

hotelmanagementcompany in the DC area,

for over 25 years.Helovedbuilding businesses,

but nevertookworktoo seriously,infusing

everythinghe did with his ebullientnatureand

goofysenseof humor.Hebecameamentor

and belovedmanagerto so manythat worked

for him over the years.In1980 Johnwelcomed

his first child,his son Ferol into the world,and a

few yearslater his daughterEmily.Fatherhood

was another role he took seriously,but infused

withjoy andlaughter.Atage 39, he was

diagnosedwith an astrocytomainhis brain and

givenonlyafew yearsleft to live.However,

his radiationtreatmentwassuccessful,and

his long-termsurvivalwas aidedby his ever-

presentpositiveattitude.From 2006-2013John

hadseveralstrokes,duetopreviousradiation

treatmentsweakeninghis brain, whichbegan

to chipawayat his mobilityand abilityto

communicate.Even whenconfrontedwith the

indignitiesof his strokes’effects,heinsistedhe

was “Outstanding!”his favoritephrase,and a

tributeto his eternaloptimism.John is survived

by his wifeof 43 years,MicheleVernon(nee

Ruddy);his two children,Ferol M. Vernonand

EmilyVernon;threegrandchildren;aswell as

his two oldersiblings,Ferol BruceVernonJr.

and Lynne Vernon.Memorial serviceat alater

date.

VERNON

ipatedin SenateandWhiteHouseexpert

panels,developedglobalknowledge-sharing

web toolsand provideddirectionto numerous

organizationsacrossthe globe.

Startingwithhis role as ePracticeDirectorof

CookRoss,Inc., aleadingdiversitymanage-

ment-consultingfirmin SilverSpring,Mary-

land,Markspentmostof the last twentyyears

of his professionallife workingas atechnical

consultant,speakerand writer.Hewas always

astaunchadvocatefor women’sequalityand

rights,and duringthis timehe switchedhis

focusfromparticlephysicsto understanding

andcombattingstructuralracismandsexism

withinthe scientificcommunityandelse-

where.Heput his findingsinto the monograph

“Partnership2.0:Why are thereso few women

in the STEMfields?”whichhe wasin the

processof expandingfor publication.

As an adult,Markbecamean avid cyclistand

continuedto enjoycampingand hiking.On

the technologyfronthe was an earlyadopter

and strongendorserfor all thingsApple,and

he becameastaunchpractitionerregarding

onlinesecurity,ashis emailsignatureattested.

He madefriendsat everyturnwhereverhis

studiesand workled him. He was akind, well-

respectedmanwith an exceptionallycreative

mind,whonurturedand treasuredhis many

friendships,and whenhe laughed,it was

one of thosedeepbelly-laughsthatwould

frequentlyend in tearsof joy.

Markwas alovingbrother,uncle,cousinand

friend.He was deeplycommittedto his family

and closefriends.Hetook specialcareto

visit regularlyand to checkin, especiallyas

relativesand friendsagedor becameinfirm.

Mark’sgenerosityof spiritand his dedication

to fosteringtheserelationshipsthat wereso

importantto him is agood reminderfor all of

us to visit and connectas muchas possible

with thosewe love.

Markwas predeceasedby his parents,Judith

GuildStewartandRichardLaneFrautschi

(Brooke).He is survivedby his threesiblings,

AnneHaydenFrautschi(Julie),ScottSargent

Frautschi(Joan)and Tyler LaneFrautschi(Tif-

fany)as well as his nephewKevin Frautschi;

threenieces,LaurenFrautschi,SaraFrautschi

and SamanthaFrautschi;and cousinsHenry

Watkin(Rita),MelWatkin(JerryMontieth),

TedWatkinand KymWatkin-Statham(Geoff

Statham).Whilehe neverhad childrenof his

own,he treatedhis niecesand nephewas if

they were.

At this time the date for acelebrationof Mark’s

life is still undetermineddue to the Covid-19

pandemic.Inlieu of flowers,the familyasks

that you pleaseconsidermakingadonationto

your localRed Crossbloodbank.

acamerabag hangingat his hip.Hestarted-

with the industryleadingNikons,but over time

switchedto Leicas,whichhe felt maintained

superiordesignstandards.Many of you read-

ing this will surelyrecallposingfor him over

the years.Itwas nevergoingto be aquick

photoshoot,but the resultwas alwaysgoing

to be beautiful.

Mark’slove of photographyextendedto a

passionfor movies,especiallysciencefiction.

His favoritemovie was“2001:ASpace

Odyssey”by StanleyKubrick,his favoritepro-

ducer.Inadditionto enjoyingamovie’sstory,

Markhad greatfun lookingfor flawsand errors,

suchas areflectionshowingthe cameracrew

off screen,or someonewearingan itemof

clothingfromthe wrongtimeperiod.It was

one of the few gameshe likedto play.

Memoriesof his childhoodwouldbe incom-

pletewithoutmentioningall the wonderful

campingtrips at Kerr Lakewith life-longfamily

friends—theHiskeys,Filleys,Murraysand

others.Mark, his siblingsand theirfamilies

enjoyedafinal trip to the lake in 2019.

MarkattendedCarolinaFriendsSchooland

graduatedfromChapelHill HighSchoolin

1975,wherehe formedfriendshipshe would

cherishfor the rest of his life.Inadditionto

his academicexcellence,Mark couldbe quite

mischievous.One morningbeforeclasshe and

his friendshijackedthe schoolPA systemand

pipedentertaininglyinappropriaterecordings

overthe loudspeaker.The pranksterswere

nevercaught,and the storyhas providedmany

laughsover the years.

Markstudiedat PennStateUniversitybefore

graduatingwith honorsfromthe Universityof

NorthCarolinaat ChapelHill in 1983witha

Bachelorof Sciencein Physics.Hecontinued

his scientificexplorationsat OhioStateUni-

versitywherehe earnedaMasterof Science

and aPh.D.inPhysics.Hewas aGraduate

ResearchAssistantat OhioStatefrom1987-

1992,spendingthreeyearsin Japan leadinga

teamworkingon the high energyaccelerator

at the KEKLab at Tsukubain the Ibaraki

Prefecture.Hedid additionalpost-doctoral

workas aResearchAssociateScientistat the

Universityof NewMexicofrom 1992 to 1995,

wherehe was on the ground-breakingteam

thatco-discoveredthe top quark,whichis

the mostmassiveof all observedelementary

particles.The followingyear he was aResearch

AssociateScientistat Texas Tech University,

and in 1996he joinedJohnHopkinsUniversity

as an AssociateResearchScientist.

In the late 1990sMarkwas activelyinvolved

in the Y2K problemand quicklybecamean

internationallyrecognizedexpert.He partic

MARKALDENFRAUTSCHI

MarkAldenFrautschidiedpeacefullyon the

morningof October13, 2020at the age of

63 followingasix-yearillness.Hespenthis

final dayssurroundedby his familyand many

friends.

Markwasbornin Northampton,Massachu-

settson March20, 1957,and soonthereafter

movedto ChapelHill, NorthCarolinawhere

the familygrewto includeAnne,Scottand

Tyler.

As achild Marklovedfiguringout how things

worked.Everythingfromlightswitchesin his

first-grade classroomto blackholesin outer

spacewereexamined,takenapartif possible,

andsometimesevenimproved.Chemistry

kits,rocketsand aGilberterectorset were

his favoritetoys.But he and his friendsalso

foundfun in everydayitems,suchas the

day theyusedcommonbakingingredients

to build—andignite—anincendiarydevicein

the kitchen.(He neverdid sharethat recipe!)

Markwasanatural scientistwhodelighted

in comingup withingenuoussolutionsto

everydayproblems,and whowouldstudy

anythingthatpiquedhis curiosityuntilhe

figuredit out.

Musicwas anotherof his lifelongloves,every-

thingfromthe Beatlesto CarlySimonto Pat

Methenyand mostclassicalmusic.Hetook

greatpridein his carefullycuratedrecord

collectionand the high-endstereoequipment

on whichhe enjoyedhis music.Inhis early

teenshe beganalife-longpassionfor photog-

raphy.Hebuilt adarkroomin the basement,

and his first job was at Foister’s—ChapelHill’s

iconiccamerastore on FranklinStreet.From

thosedayson, Markwas rarely seenwithout

FRAUTSCHI

DEATH NOTICE

MARTHAANNWALKER-CONTEE

MarthaAnn Walker-Contee,88, of Washington,

DC., gainedher wingson Monday,October

12, 2020at the FamilyExtensionsAssisted

LivingFacility.She was aretiredworkerof the

Departmentof Justiceand H&R Block.She was

also adedicatedmemberof Mt. Airy Baptist

Churchwhereshe servedfor manyyears.

Marthaissurvivedbythreechildren:Raymond

Wood, JacquelineWood and ReginaldWood;

twosiblings,AnnaM.ChinandWalterJefferys,

as well as ahost of grandchildrenand great

grandchildren.She will be greatlymissedby

her familyand friends.

Martha’s homegoingservicewill take placeon

Wednesday,October21, 2020at The Kingdom

of God WorshipCenterin UpperMarlboro,MD.

The viewingis from10 until timeof Serviceat

11 a.m.,can be seenvirtuallyon FacebookLive

on the churchpage.Ron Taylor II Funeral Home

isoverseeingtheservice.

WALKER-CONTEE

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DEATH NOTICE

JOAN GAVINWELLS

OnOctober14,2020,JoanGavinWells,wife

of the lateRalphAnthonyWells andonly

childofthelateCol.JohnA.GavinandViolet

WilliamsGavinpassedawayin Bethesda,MD.

She is survivedby her son José Torres (Karen),

daughterShawnTaylor (Howard),and eight

grandchildren.ACelebration of Life at Little

FlowerCatholicChurch,Bethesda,MD,will

be openedto all oncepandemicconditions

permit.Privateinternment will followat Ft.

LincolnCemetery.Donationsmay be madein

her honorto UsAgaintAlzheimers.

WELLS

ANNECOLEMANZEHNER

Of ChevyChase, MD died on October11, 2020,

at her home.She is survivedby threesons,

Andrew(SuzanneWhitty),David(CherylLay)

and John(ElizabethRasmusson);her brother,

CarterColeman(Kay);her sister-in-law,Karen

Lucas(John);nine grandchildren;dearcousins

Aliceand Josephine;and manyniecesand

nephews.She was predeceasedby her hus-

band,Dr.HarryZehner,Jr. in 1976,and her

oldestson, Matthew,in2003.

She was bornon April10, 1932in Bloomfield,

NewJersey.She graduatedfromMiddlebury

Collegein Vermontin 1953.Whilelivingin San

Francisco aftercollege,she met and married

Harry.They movedto the Washington,DC

areain 1964wheretheyraisedtheirfour

boys.Once her boyswereno longerathreat

to the community,she startedacareerat

Bethesda-ChevyChaseHighSchool,working

as an assistantin the VicePrincipal’sOffice.

She had awonderfulcircleof friendswho

supportedher throughlife’sjoys and greatest

challenges.She was mosthappyhostinglunch

or dinner,especiallyThanksgivingwithher

extendedfamily,and an annualNew Year’sEve

dinner,whereguestswererequiredto predict

eventsfor the comingyear,especiallywhat

wouldwaxand wane.She servedfor many

yearsas an usherat the ArenaStageand a

volunteerat HillwoodGardensand the Inwood

House.Anne caredfor many,many peoplein

her longlife,and passedon this givingtrait

to her youngestson,John,whowaswith

her everystep of the way in her final years.

Amemorialservicewill be held in the future.

In lieu of flowers,contributionsmay be made

totheB-CCFoundationortheALSAssociation.

ZEHNER

IN MEMORIAM

InLovingMemory

MARIONLOUISEWHITLOCKJONES

March 29,1918 -October20,2013

Today we remember and celebrate you,

Mom.It has been7years sinceyou sailed

to Heaven'sshores. The sacrificesthat

you madeon my behalfare innumerable;

thankyou. As one of youryoungadmirers

oncesaid;"Mrs.Jones,your smileis aDay

Maker!"Yes,Mom,yourradiantsmileand

genuine,tenderlove touchedeveryone

youencountered.Yourbeautifullegacyof

lovingkindness will live on in thosewhose

livesyoublessed.Iwaswithyouasyou

tookyourlast breath-agift to me from

God.Mom,abeautifulwomanof dignity,

bornwith class;you had personalacclaim

and professionalsuccess,and aprofound

loveoffamily;onGodyourheartand

hopewerefounded.Affectionatelyknown

as "TheGeneral" and "Senator" by those

captivatednot onlyby yourintelligence,

sharpwit, and humor,but alsoby the

sentimentalsoftnessrestingin youreyes,

andyouweresoloyaltoyourmanyfriends.

Imissyou,Mom,youareinmyheart-

always.Your soul is nowrestingwiththe

Almighty,andIawaituntilwemeetagain,

in that placewherethereare no tears,no

sunsets,and no dawnings-eternity.

Your LovingDaughter,Cliftine

"Thisisthe day the Lord has made;let

us rejoiceand be glad in it." Psalm118:24

[email protected]

JONES

DEATH NOTICE

WILLIAMROLANDATKINS“Bill”

(Age 90)

Bill Atkinsof Bowie,MD, passedaway

on October9, 2020of renalfailure.Bill

was bornto Wallaceand Shirley(Brooks)

Atkinson May8, 1930duringthe Great

Depression. He wasbornin MineRun,

VA and grewup in Baltimore(Dundalk),

Maryland.Duringhis youth,he was aproud

memberof the DundalkDrumand Bugle

Corp.Atage 18, he joinedthe Marines

duringthe KoreanWaraspart of the 11th

EngineerBattalion.Bill playedtrumpetand

buglein the MarineCorpBand including

performancesat the OrangeBowland the

Rose Bowl. While stationedatCamp

Pendleton, CA nearthe end of his service,

Bill had the thrill of his life.Heand 11 other

Marineswereassignedto RKOStudiosto

portray Marinesin aJohn Wayne movie,

FlyingLeathernecks.Bill nevergrewtiredof

tellingstoriesofthe filmingofthe movie

and his interactionswithJohnWayne and

RobertRyan.He was an avid JohnWayne

fan throughouthis life and in lateryears

openedhis own “JohnWayne Museum”to

displayhis wealthof memorabilia.

Bill is survivedby his lovingdaughterand

only child,Dr.DarleneAtkinsand by his son-

in-law,Dr. RonVandeLoo.Heisalso survived

by his brotherRobertAtkins"Bunky",sister-

in-law,Margie Finamore,many loving

niecesand nephews,and manycherished

friends.Helost his belovedwife,RitaAtkins,

in 2009after54 yearsof marriage.Also,he

was predeceasedby his two oldersisters,

MargZorn and GloriaStrebeckand his best

friendand brother-in-law,John Finamore.

Bill workedas abricklayerin his younger

daysand he designedand builtthe house

thathestilllivedin.Billwentontowork

in the wholesalewineindustryand then

becameareal estatebrokerwhospecial-

ized in the sale of liquorstores.

Bill’spassionswerehis family,his friends,

his real estatecareer,and his JohnWayne

Museum.All thosewhoknewBill would

agreethat he was areal “character”.Bill

had agreat senseof humor,was aborn

storyteller,and he embracednostalgia

whilealwaysseekingto learnnewthings.

At age 80, he got his first computerand

becameahuge fan of Facebook.

Due to the COVIDpandemic,acelebration

of Bill’slife will be heldvirtually.Burial

at Mt. OlivetCemeterywill be private.

http://www.devolfuneralhome.com

ATKINS

DEATH NOTICE

DEATH NOTICE

ADELEADELMANBUCKHANTZ

Devotedand lovingwife of 66 yearsto her

highschoolsweetheartRobertBuckhantz

(deceased.2015);belovedsisterof Geral-

dineAdelman(deceased.2003);mother

of Terri Powell (Tom Kenny),NancyKolker

(Gary) and Steven Buckhantz (Shelley

Lawrence);unabashedlyproudgrandmoth-

erofKim,Michael(Angela),Staceyand

BrianPowelland Thomas,Courtney,and

Kelly Kolker,and great-grandmother of

KeatonPowell.Bornto Sol and Dorothy

Adelmanon September17, 1928in Wash-

ington,DC and raised in Arlington,Virginia.

AttendedGeorge WashingtonUniversity.

Playedan integral role in the family's build-

ing business,Townand CountryDevelop-

ers,wheresheledthedesignanddec-

orationof differentrealestateprojects.

ShealsocreatedDellandDaughters,a

buildingventurein Arlington,Virginia. She

wasknownforherimpeccabletasteand

abilityto shopfor hoursin highheels-

nevertootiredto"throwaneye"andnever

compromisingstyle for comfort.Acollector

of fine antiquesand asavvy businessnego-

tiator,she also createdDel'sAntiquesand

managedhigh-endestatesalesin the D.C.

Metropolitanarea.Mimiwas aconnoisseur

of foreignlanguagesandwasfluentin

French,Spanishand enoughYiddishto be

dangerous.

Aboveall, Mimiworshippedher children

andgrandchildren.Shewasthecenterof

theiruniverseand anyonewho knewthis

familyunderstoodthatwell. Her memory

will live on throughher wholefamily,

friends,and everyone whowaslucky

enoughto knowher.Funeral servicewill

be private.

http://www.sagelbloomfield.com

BUCKHANTZ

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JESSIEBELLEBURTON DuBOSE

JessieBelleBurtonDuBoseof Washington,DC

passedawayon October9, 2020at Howard

UniversityHospital,Washington,DC.Abeloved

mother,grandmother,great-grandmother,sis-

ter,aunt, cousinand friend,she is survivedby

her sister,BeatriceA. Carter;brothers,Thomas

R. DuBoseand MelvinA. DuBose.She leaves

to cherishher memory,her lovinggranddaugh-

ters:Lakisha, Brenda,Chade,and Geraldine;

grandsons, Troy,WesleeandKeshard;nine

greatgrandchildren,sevennephewsand three

nieces,fourgreatnieces andfourgreat

nephews,ahost of cousinsand manybeloved

closefriends.

Jessiewas bornSeptember7, 1928in Ander-

son, SouthCarolina.She was the first of four

childrenof the late RichardLee and Josephine

BurtonDuBose.Her onlychild,Keith David

DuBose,precededher in death.

ACelebrationof Life will be held on Thursday,

October22, 2020at the VictoriousLife of

Faith Church, 7110 MarlboroPike,Forestville,

Maryland, 20747at 10:30a.m.

DuBOSE

DEATH NOTICE

Epidemiologyand Biostatisticsat the GWU

Schoolof PublicHealthand as Adj Assistant

Professorin the Deptof PreventiveMedicine

and Biostatisticsat USUHS.

Dr.Hensonpublished235 peer-reviewedman-

uscriptsand 20 chaptersin booksand man-

uals.Inadditionto The InternationalClassifi-

cationof Diseasesfor Oncology,heisthe

co-authorof 3eds.ofthe ArmedForces

Instituteof PathologyFascicleTumorsof the

Gallbladder,ExtrahepaticBile Ducts,and Vater-

ian System.He alsoco-authored3eds.of

the referenceworkThe Pathologyof Incipient

Neoplasia.

He servedon the NationalDigestiveDiseases

AdvisoryBoard,the AdvisoryBoardof the

Veterans Administrationfor ProstateCancer

Study,Women’sHealthAdvisoryBoardfor the

Departmentof Healthin Washington,DC and

as Chairof the Tumor RegistryAdvisoryBoard

for the Departmentof Healthin Washington,

DC.

Dr.Hensonwas awardedThe Commendation

Medaland The OutstandingServiceMedal

for ExemplaryPerformanceof Dutyby the

Departmentof Healthand HumanServices,

UnitedStatesPublicHealthService.Heisone

of few to be placedon the Roll of Honorat

the Unionfor InternationalCancerControlin

Geneva,Switzerland.He was amemberof the

Academyof Medicinein Washington,DC.He

had beenamemberof the CosmosClubsince

1977.

He will be deeplymissedby his beloved

wifeof 59 yearsMathleenand his beloved

daughterMarieCeleste,his goddaughterLisa

MarieColl,his godsonMatthewGrady,his

fosterdaughterKristinaIgnatius,aswell as

his cousinsRon Meierand HarryLeonEllis,

Brother-in-LawRaymondTrudt, Sisters-in-Law

NancyTrudt and RosemaryGasbarri,niece

AngelineDecker(Tony),nephewPaul Trudt

(Pam),his greatniecesand nephewsEryn,

Paige,Owen,and Bryce,his youngcousins

Cheril,Marti,Stephanieand Ron, and students,

colleagues,and friendsaroundthe world.

Becauseof the pandemic,the viewingon

Wednesday,October21 at PumphreyFuneral

Homein Bethesda,MD mustbe private.A

privateMasswill be offeredat HolyCross

CatholicChurchin GarrettPark, MD on Octo-

ber 22 and privateintermentwill followat

CrownsvilleVeterans CemeterynearAnnapo-

lis,MD. Acelebrationof Dr.Henson’slife

will be opento all as soonas pandemic

conditionspermit.The familywouldbe grateful

for memoriesof Dr.Hensonto be sentto

[email protected].

Forfull obituary,and to viewand signthe

familyguestbook,pleasesee:

http://www.PumphreyFuneralHome.com

Dr.Henson’spioneeringresearchincluded

reportingthe pathologyof CMVhepatitis.In

collaborationwiththe UofIllinois,hewas

amongthe first to treatleukemiain children

withL-Asparaginase.Collaboratingwiththe

NationalInstituteof StandardsandTechnology,

Dr.Hensonwas amongthe first groupto show

that NMR,now calledMRI, coulddetectcancer

in the livinganimal.

Researchinterestsincludedthe analysisof

prognosticfactors,diagnosticencoding,and

the morphologyof pre-cancerouslesions.At

the Collegeof AmericanPathologists,heiniti-

atedthe publicationof practiceprotocolsfor

anatomicpathology.All laboratoriesare now

requiredto use theseprotocolsas partof

accreditationwiththe College.His pioneering

workin developingcancerstagingsystems

includesThe Collegeof AmericanPathologists’

SystematizedNomenclatureof Pathologyand

SystematizedNomenclatureof Medicine.In

1976,he co-authoredThe World HealthOrgani-

zation’sInternationalClassificationof Diseases

for Oncology(ICD-O),offeringthe staging

guidelines,knownas the TNMStagingSystem,

for solidtumorsobservedin clinicalpractice.

Formany years,heservedas the UnitedStates

representativeto the TNMCommitteeof the

InternationalUnionAgainstCancerin Geneva.

He servedas Chairof the AmericanJoint

Committeeon Cancerand Chairof the Cancer

Committeeof the Collegeof AmericanPathol-

ogists.

Afterretiringfromthe PublicHealthServicein

1999,from 2002 to 2014Dr.Hensoncontinued

his workon prognosticfactorsand cancer

patientstagingand outcomepredictionas

Directorof the Officeof CancerPreventionand

Controlat the GeorgeWashingtonUniversity

CancerInstitute.Beginningin 2014he con-

tinuedthisresearchat USUHS(Uniformed

ServicesUniversityof the HealthSciences),

mostrecentlywithgrantsfromthe Murtha

CancerResearchCenter.

He has servedas aconsultantto the World

HealthOrganizationand to the PanAmerican

HealthOrganization.He servedas amedical

delegateto the SovietUnionduringthe cold

war.Heassistedthe BrazilianMinistryof

Healthin the developmentof tumorregistra-

tion.He was invitedby the RadiationEffects

ResearchFoundationin Japan wherehe pub-

lishedon the incidenceof breastcancerin

the HiroshimaandNagasakiatomicbomb

survivors.

He heldfacultypositionsin Departmentsof

Pathologyat GeorgetownUniversitySchool

of Medicine,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity

Schoolof Medicine,and the UniformedSer-

vices University of the Health Sciences

(USUHS).He alsoservedas ClinicalProfof

Dr.DONALDE.HENSON

Captain,U.S. PublicHealthService(Ret.)

DonaldEarl Henson, M.D., internationally

renownedpathologistand cancerresearcher

and long-timeresidentof Bethesda,Maryland,

with his wife and daughterby his side,passed

awayon September29, 2020at Walter Reed

NationalMilitaryMedicalCenter.Heservedas

aPublicHealthOfficerin the Commissioned

Corps,UnitedStatesPublicHealthService

from 1969 to 1999,attainingthe rank of

Captain.He continuedhis professionalactiv-

ities at localinstitutionsuntil just last year.

Dr.Hensonwasbornon March12, 1935

in St. Louis,MO, the onlychildof Kathryn

Mary(neeMeier)and WilliamEarl Henson,a

machinistat the UniversalMatchCompanyin

St. Louis,MO. He was graduatedfromSt. Louis

UniversityHighSchool,wherehe participated

in Air Force ROTC.Heearnedhis Bachelor

of Sciencedegreein Chemistry,with aminor

in Philosophy,fromSt. LouisUniversityand

earnedhis MedicalDegreefromSt. Louis

UniversityMedicalSchool.He completedhis

first Postdoctoral Fellowship,inMicrobiology,

at the WistarInstitutein Philadelphia,PA and

subsequentlycompletedhis internship,resi-

dency,and aPostdoctoral Fellowshipin Pathol-

ogy at Rush-Presbyterian-St.Luke’sMedical

Centerin Chicago.

In 1969,he joinedthe US PublicHealthService

andthe NationalInstitutesof Healthand

eventuallythe Laboratoryof Pathologyof the

NationalCancerInstitute.Heservedas Pro-

gram Directorfor Diagnosisin the Breast

CancerProgram of the Divisionof Cancer

Biologyand Diagnosis;Program Directorfor

the EarlyDetectionBranchin the Divisionof

CancerPrevention;and Program Directorin

the CancerBiomarkersResearchGroup.

HENSON

DEATH NOTICE

A.JEANPETRIE

A. JeanPetrieof Frederick,MD,formerlyof

Gaithersburg,MD,passedawayonThursday,

October15,2020.Jean Petriewas aRegistered

NurseandfirstpracticedatSt.Luke’sHospi-

tal in KansasCity,MO. JeanwasalsoaRed

CrossNurseAdministrator withthe American

NationalRed Cross.She was one of the main

coordinators for establishingwaterand emer-

gencysupportstationsfor the celebrants dur-

ing the 1976BicentennialCelebrationsin

WashingtonDC.She wasChairmanof Red

CrossVolunteersfrom 1974 through1976.

Jeanwasalsoaprofessional memberand

activepractitioner of the AmericanMassage

TherapyAssociationAMTA.Shewasalsoa

long-timecosmeticadvisorwith MerleNorman

CosmeticStudiosintheRockville/Bethesda

area.

BelovedwifeofthelateBenjaminR.Petrie,Jr.;

lovingmotherof PatriciaJeanDavis(Bruce);

BrianR. Petrie(Angela);BruceR. Petrie(Ginger)

and the late BenjaminR. Petrie,III; mother-in-

law of IrenePetrieand SallyPetrie;sisterof the

late C. Wayne Smith.She is also survivedby her

10 grandchildren: CaryHaugh,JulieJohnson,

BeckyWhitmore,JessiWebb,LauraSmith,

Keith Petrie,AndrewPetrie,AshlynPetrie,

LeighRosePetrie,BenjaminPetrieIV,and 14

greatgrandchildren,Avery,Jamesonand Grace

Petrie,SkylerTaylor,HannahWhitmore,Jordan

Haugh,Jacob Haugh,JeorjiaWebb,Cody Webb,

Andrew,Alex,MatthewandMadelineVinci,

CharlieandWilliamSmithandtwo great

greatgrandchildren,AberdeenTaylor and Lily

Spaulding.

Aprivatefamilyservice,with livestreaming

available,will be held due to COVID-19gather-

ing restrictions.Intermentat ArlingtonNation-

al Cemeterywill takeplaceat afuturedate,

whichwill be announcedon the funeral home

website.Memorialcontributionsmay be made

to BoyScoutsof AmericaNationalCapital

AreaCouncil, 9190 RockvillePike,Bethesda,

Maryland20814.Pleaseview and signthe

family’sonlineguestbookat:

http://www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com

PETRIE

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ALVIN Q. PORCH,SR.

On Tuesday,October13, 2020he diedsur-

roundedby family.Heissurvived by his loving

wife Belinda;son,AlvinJr.; threegrandchildren;

and motherLola Ferguson.Publicviewingwill

be heldon Thursday,October22, 2020at

St. MatthewsBaptistChurch, 2001 BrooksDr.

District Heights,MDfrom 9a.m. until11 a.m.

withaprivateservicedirectlyfollowing.Rev.

PeterR. Blue,Sr. officiating.Amemorial service

will be heldon Monday,October26, 2020at

Knox-HighMortuary,Inc.inEmporia,VA from

11 a.m.to 1p.m. IntermentGilliamFamily

Cemetery.

PORCH

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DEATH NOTICE

FREDERICKC.RAY

Enteredinto eternalrest on Wednesday,Octo-

ber 14, 20202.He is survived by his wife,Rev.

Dr.Lois A. Poag-Ray;daughter,Dr. CarolRenee

Ray; son, ThomasDonnellP. Ray (Kyia); three

grandchildren,Donnell,Masonand Mekhiand

ahostofnieces,nephews,cousins,other

relativesand friends.Mr. Ray will lie in state

atReidTempleAMEChurch, 11400 Glendale

Blvd.,Glendale,MDonWednesday,October 21

from 10 a.m.until 12 NoonDrive-byViewing

Only.Intermentat RockCreek Cemetery.

http://www.stewartfuneralhome.com

RAY

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