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DEATH NOTICE

WINSTONDELANOMILLER

WinstonDelanoMiller,aged80, passed

awaypeacefullyon November15, 2020

at NovantHealthPrinceWilliamMedical

Centerafterashortillness.

Winstonwasbornon October20, 1940at

the familyhomeof his paternalgrandpar-

entsin Luray,VAtoCletusand AnnaMiller.

Winstonmovedto Manassas,VAin1941

andgraduatedfromOsbournCityH.S.in

1958.He beganworkingfor the Central

IntelligenceAgencyin 1958untilhis retire-

mentin 1993.Winstonservedfive overseas

toursof dutyin the DominicanRepublic;

Frankfurt,Germany;Vientiane,Laos;Taipei,

Taiwan;London,England.

Winstonis survivedby his wifeof 59 years

Rebecca Ann Miller;daughter Nancy

(Kenny)Morris;son Michael(Donna)Miller

andgrandchildrenMatthewandAdeline

Miller;12niecesand nephewsand numer-

ous extendedfamilyand friends.

Gravesideserviceswilloccuron Friday,

November20 at 12 noonat the Stonewall

MemoryGardens,12004Lee Hwy., Manas-

sas,VA20109.

In lieu of flowersdonationscan be madeto

the BuckhallVFDat 7190Yates Ford Rd.,

Manassas,VA20111or the BethelLutheran

Churchat 8712PlantationLane,Manassas,

VA 20110.

Condolencesmaybe sent:

http://www.piercefh.com

MILLER

CARLMURPHY,JR. (Age88)

Departedthislife on November9, 2020at

CapitalCaring(ProvidenceHospital)in Wash-

ington,DC.HeleavesbehindsisterBarbaraA.

MurphyLee,brotherJohnF. Murphy,seven

nieces,threenephewsand ahost of greatand

great-greatniecesand nephewsto cherishhis

memory.Hewas proceededin deathby his

parentsCarl MurphySr., GrisellaA. Murphyand

brotherWilliamH. MurphySr.Serviceswill be

heldat NewSamaritanBaptistChurch 1100

FloridaAve. N.E. on TuesdayNovember24,

2020.Viewingat 10 a.m.and 11 a.m.private

service.The servicewill be live streamedat

http://www.newsamaritan.orgselectthe live stream-

ing tab.Intermentat alaterdate,Quantico

NationalCemetery.Foreverin love,foreverin

our hearts,foreverUncleJr.Hewill trulybe

missed.ArrangementsHortonFuneral Service.

MURPHY

SHEILAPATERNO

Aresidentof Wesley Chapel,FL diedunex-

pectedlyon November11, 2020aftersev-

eral yearsof declininghealth.

Sheilais survivedby her threechildren:

LisaPacuk (Wayne)of Florida;RobinDavis

of Florida;andTyler McKnight(Anne)of

Pennsylvania.Shealsohadlovinggrand-

children:Jessica,Amelia,and Abigail.

An avidreader,she wasamemberof the

Friendsof theLibrary in PascoCounty,

FL. Shewasalsoamemberof Woman's

ClubZephyrhills,FL, St. Joseph'sCatholic

Churchin Florida,andSt. Mary'sCatholic

Churchin LandoverHills,MDand enjoyed

volunteeringwhenshe was able.

Shewill be deeplymissedby friendsand

familyfromcoastto coastin the US.

Dueto the COVID-19pandemic,afuneral

serviceis notbeingplanned.However,

therewill be avirtualcelebrationof life

at alaterdateandtimewhichwillbe

announcedthroughher familyandsocial

media.In lieu of flowers,amemorialcontri-

butioncanbe madeto aplacenearand

dearto her heart:WhiteCitySchools,P.O.

Box 8,WhiteCity,KS66872.

PATERNO

servingas theprincipalarchitectof the

US OverseasPrivateInvestmentCompany

(OPIC)and as its actingpresidentin 1977.

In 1978he movedto the NationalSecurity

Councilas an internationaleconomicpolicy

advisorto PresidentCarterand remainedon

the NSCstaffduringthe firstyearof the

Reaganadministration.

Rudwaselectedchairmanof the OECD’s

EconomicDevelopmentAssistanceCommit-

tee from 1982 –85inParis,wherehe led

reformsin aid managementby bilateral and

multilateral agencies,notablyin strengthen-

ing program coordinationin recipientcoun-

tries,culminatingin his authorshipof Twenty-

five Years of DevelopmentCooperation.In

1986 he returnedto Washingtonas aconsul-

tantto the World Bankin the designand

launchingof its newaffiliate,the Multilateral

Investment Guaranty Agency(MIGA), of

whichhe wasthe interimchiefat its inau-

gurationin 1988.Rudfinishedhis career

as Presidentof InternationalInvestmentSer-

vices,wherewithotherseniorpartnershe

advisedgovernmentson creatingfavorable

climatesfor foreigninvestmentandindige-

nousprivateenterprise.

Rud was amemberof the Councilon Foreign

Relations,the NationalCommitteeon Amer-

icanForeignPolicy,the AsiaSociety,Japan

Society,KoreaSocietyandthe hereditary

Societyof the Cincinnati.Rud tookup paint-

ing andstoneandwoodsculptingin his

retirementyears,assistedwifeLea Sneider,

nowdeceased,withher numerousKorean

art exhibits,travelledextensively,and loved

gatheringwiththe family.

Rud is survivedby fourchildrenfromhis first

marriageto the late EstherSmith,including

PenfieldThompson,HuntleyPoats,Ruther-

fordPoatsand GraysonPoats,aswell as five

grandchildrenandfive greatgrandchildren,

and his faithful,belovedcaretakers,Boodnie

PandohieandRangamahRamgulanof New

York, NY.

Serviceto be heldat NationalMemorialPark

in Falls Church,VA in Q2 2021,pending

Covid19conditions.

RUTHERFORDM. POATS

RutherfordM. Poats"Rud"apioneering

designerand directorof internationaldevel-

opmentprograms,died at his homein New

York Cityon November10, 2020.Rudwas

bornin Spartanburg,SC in 1922and gradu-

atedfromEmoryUniversityin 1942before

joiningthe Army,servingin the Philippines

and Japan.

He had adistinguishedcareeras ajournalist

and internationaldevelopmentand banking

servicesexpertand innovatoroverhis nearly

50-yearcareer spanningpostsin Asia,

Europeand Washington,DC.

Rudwrotethe firstpublishedhistoryof the

KoreanWar, Decisionin Korea,andheaded

theFarEast Bureauof UPIin Tokyo.He

enteredciviliangovernmentservicein 1961,

risingthroughthe ranks of the newlycreated

Agencyfor InternationalDevelopment(AID)

to becomeassistantadministratorfor the

FarEast and laterDeputyAdministratorand

ActingAdministratorof the agencyunder

PresidentsJohnsonand Nixon.

He tookafellowshipat BrookingsInstitute

wherehe wroteTechnologyfor Developing

Nationsin 1972.He wasakey driverin AID’s

effortsto promoteUS Privateinvestment,

POATS

detailsandanecdotesaboutthe dailylives

of the Canalfamiliesandenjoyedsharing

storiesabouttheirexploits.

Skiphad agift for friendshipand humor.He

remainedcloseto formerclassmatesand

co-workersandwasalwayswillingto help

someonein need.Manyof his friendsshared

his interestin cars.Afavoritepastimewas

to scourjunkyardsfor partsor to rehabilitate

carsto extract the last bit of usefullife from

them.He ownedmorethan100 carsin his

lifetime.Hewill be sorelymissed.

He wasalovingand devotedhusbandto his

wifeKathleen(neeRyan).Togetherfor forty

years,theyhadfallenin loveat firstsight

and neverwaveredin theircommitmentto

eachother.Theyweretruepartnersin

life.Everyday theysharedtogetherbrought

themhappiness.

Skipcherishedhis childrenfromhis first

marriage (Deborah Chiarelloof Crofton,

CherylGlacyof Boise,BradfordWolf of Santa

Barbaraand TammyGrothof SilverSpring).

He haseightgrandchildrenand14 great-

grandchildren.He left alegacyof loveand

generosityto all of them

Visitationwill be heldat Our Ladyof Grace

Churchin SilverSpringat 10:15a.m.on

December18, 2020withthe funeral mass

beginningat 11 a.m. Skipwill be buried

in RiverviewCemeteryin Williamsport,Mary-

landoverlookingthe C&OCanal.In lieuof

flowers,donationsmaybe madeto the

MontgomeryHospice,1355PiccardDrive,

Suite100,Rockville,Maryland20850.

Onlinetributesmaybe postedat

https://www.goinghomecares.com/obituar-

ies/Alford-Wolf?obId=18972524#/celebra-

tionWall.

ALFORDWOLF"Skip"

Alford"Skip"Wolf diedpeacefullyat his

homeon November15, 2020afteralong

illness.Skip wasbornin WashingtonDC

in 1933. His parentswereCasper(Buddy)

Wolf and Vera Cornwell.Alifelongresident

of SilverSpring,he servedin the US Navy

duringthe KoreanWar. He wasaskilled

craftsmanin the areaof electroplatingand

preciousmetals,workingin thisfieldfor

manyyears.Duringthe 1960s,heowned

PreciousMetalPlatingin SilverSpringand

earnedhis reputationfor excellentwork.

Beginningin the 1970s,Skip openedhis very

successfulmachinefabricationbusiness,Bay

Wolf Enterprises.

Afterhis retirementin 2004,Skipfoundmore

timeto enjoylife.Asadescendentof

someof the earliestboatsmenon the C&O

Canal,he enjoyedresearchand exploringthe

historyof his family.Hediscoveredmany

WOLF

DEATH NOTICE

OSKARSPETERSONS(Age88)

Oskarswasbornon October7, 1932and

diedon Wednesday,November18, 2020

at HCRManorCareHealthServicesin

Potomac,MD. He is survivedby his wife

of 57 years,MetraE.Petersons;son,Oscar

Ronald;siblings,RutaPulinsof Illinois,

LaumaReinfeldsof Australia,Valdis Peter-

son of Canadaand theirfamilies.Hewas

FormerChiefof theElectricityDivision,

NationalInstituteof StandardsandTech-

nology.Amemorialservicewill be heldat

alaterdate.Contributionsmaybe made

to the LatvianEv.Lutheran Churchof Wash-

ington,DC,400 HurleyAve, Rockville,MD

20850-3121.

PETERSONS

DEATH NOTICE

DAVIDHENRYPHILLIPS

DavidHenryPhillips,75, diedpeacefully

on November20, 2020,withhis familyby

his sidein Ashburn,Virginia,afteralong

strugglewithmultiplesclerosisand related

complications.

Davidwasbornandraisedin Massachu-

setts,graduatedMiddleburyCollegein Ver-

mont,spenthis earlyyearsas adad in New

Hampshire,and summeredoftenin Cape

Cod.Atrue NewEnglanderat heart,he

wasdrawnto its granitescenery,glorious

summers,and exuberant fall foliage.He

enjoyeddeployingastrongBostonaccent

wheneverit suitedhim (whichwasoften).

Aftermovingto Virginiawhileadvancinghis

career,the statebecamehis secondhome.

But we suspecthe nowstrollspeacefully

amongthe oranges,reds,and yellowcolors

of his belovedNewEngland.

Davidwasalovingfather-- knownfor

adventuresin the park,perfecttunasand-

wiches,and endlesslylaunchinghis kids

off his shouldersduringsummersat Bear

GulchLakein Summit,NewYork. Even

his childrens’friendsrecallhis kindhearted

spiritanddevotionto his family.Hehad

anotorioussenseof humor,generously

deployingoffbeatjokesamongstfamily

andstrangersalike.Askilledwhistler,he

reveledin goingslightlyoff-keywhenever

someonewas aroundwhomightcare.

Davidis survivedby his lovingwifeof 50

years,LindaStrykerPhillips;son Matthew

Phillips;daughterand son-in-lawKatherine

and MatthewCharlet;two younggrandchil-

drenJamesHenryCharlet(2) andAnna

StrykerCharlet (5);mother-in-lawJean

Stryker;brother Peter Phillips; sister

Pamela(Herb)Eames;andmanynieces

and nephews.

Therewill be acelebrationof David’slife

whentimesare safer.Inlieu of flowers,

donationsin his memorymaybe made

to the AshbyPondsBenevolentCareFund

(AshbyPondsPhilanthropyOffice,21170

AshbyPondsBlvd.,Ashburn,VA,20147)or

The JimmyFund(www.jimmyfund.org/gift

PHILLIPS

DEATH NOTICE

JAMESE. POPE

On Tuesday,November 10,

2020,JamesE. Pope(Jimto

his friends)of Beltsville,MD.

Belovedhusbandof the late

ReginaBeatrice(neeGotezl).

Devotedfatherof JamesW.

(Suzanne)andMaribeth.Grandfatherto

Douglas(Natalie),Benjamin,Daniel,Luke,

Katherine,and Lillian.Great-grandfatherto

IsabelleandLyla. Afuneral masswill

be heldat St. Joseph'sCatholicChurch

Beltsville,MD, on November28, at 11

a.m.,andavisitationwill be heldat the

BorgwardtFuneral Homelaterthatday.

Jim graduatedfromDetroitCatholicCentral

HighSchooland FairleighDickensonUni-

versity.After servingin the UnitedStates

Armyand completingcollege,Jim worked

first for Firestonethenfor almost30 years

for MontgomeryWard as aMangerin their

TireandAutomotiveRepairDepartment.

In his sparetime,Jim lovedphotography,

researchinghis family'sgenealogy,and

maintainingandaddingto his extensive

coincollection.Afterretiring,Jimwas

activein his church,servingas aEucharistic

Minister,and in multipleseniorgroups.

He enjoyedattendingthe BeltsvilleYoung

at Heart,the LaurelFriendshipClub,and

the MooseSeniors.Hetwiceservedas

Presidentof the BeltsvilleYoung at Heart.

Jim wasan avidfan of the Washington

footballand baseballteams.Hetook great

pleasurein the Nationals' 2019 seasonand

World SeriesChampionship.

Memorialcontributionsmaybe madeto

Mealson Wheelsof Maryland.

http://www.borgwardtfuneralhome.com

POPE

DONNAPAULINEREID

BelovedDonnaPaulineReid,nativeWash-

ingtonianbornSeptember23, 1964,tran-

sitionedpeacefullySunday,November15,

2020.Sheworkedfor 20 yearsat The

WashingtonPost.Donnais survivedby her

daughterDominiqueReid;grandchildren

Chase and Harlow Wilson; parents

Clarenceand Margo Monroe;sisters

DeniseTaylorandDianeMorgan;ahost

of niecesand nephews;manybonuschil-

drenand closefriends.Precededin death

by siblingsDebraJonesand CarltonJewel.

Aprivatememorialservicewill be heldon

Sunday,December6, 2020at Fort Lincoln

HomeandCemetery,3401Bladensburg

Rd, Brentwood,MD 20722withan option

to live streamon facebook.com/FortLin-

colnFuneral/.

REID

HONEYS. ROSEN

On Friday,November20, 2020,

HoneyS. Rosenof Potomac,

MD.Born in 1937andraised

in Newark,NJ,Honeywasthe

daughterof AnnetteandByr-

nat Schreiber.BelovedWifeof

MorrisRosen;devotedmother

of NathanH. Rosen(Doris),SharonRosen

Walsh (James,deceased),andBethRosen

Miller(Laurence);Lovingsisterof Lynn

Schreiber Bamdas (Steven); Cherished

grandmother of Marielle Rosen Emet

(Stephen), Alyssa Rosen Chifamba

(Sylvester),NicholasWalsh, SamuelRosen,

BenjaminWalsh (Rebecca),CaraWalsh,

DanielRosen,ZacharyRosen,BrinaRosen,

StephenMiller,and Lily Miller;Cherished

great-grandmother of Jaden Chifamba,

JacindaChifamba,Aviva Emet,Jowanda

Chifamba,LeviEmet,andJuniperChifam-

ba. Alifelongdevotedvolunteerwithan

ever-present,friendlysmile,she served

as presidentof boththe FoxHills Civic

AssociationandtheBellsMillElementary

SchoolPTA, andCoordinatorof FoxHills

BridgeClub.HoneygraduatedfromBoston

University,taughtfor several yearsand

workedas an administrator withthe federal

government.Gravesideserviceswillbe

heldprivatelyat JudeanMemorialGardens.

Memorialcontributionsmaybe madeto

TheLeukemia&LymphomaSociety.Ser-

vicesentrustedto SagelBloomfieldDan-

zanskyGoldbergFuneral Care.

http://www.sagelbloomfield.com

ROSEN

ANNBARNEYROSENTHAL

AnnBarneyRosenthalof Bethes-

da, MD,passedawayat home

on Friday,November20, 2020,

at age97. Shewasthe wifeof

the late RobertM. Rosenthaland

the daughterof the late Samand

MollyBarney.She is survivedby herson,

GaryRosenthal(MartaGoldsmith),her daugh-

ter DaleRosenthal(MichaelCutler),andher

daughter-in-lawIleaneRosenthal.She was pre-

deceasedby her sonDonaldRosenthal.Ann

wasaproudand devotedwife,mother,sister,

grandmother,great-grandmotherand auntand

playedan importantrolein the growthof the

familybusiness,DC-basedPeerlessSales.She

hadasecondcareerat TheGaryRosenthal

Collectionin Kensington,MD,whereshe over-

sawaccountsreceivableandhandledtrade

showsaleswellintoher 90s.Ann wasthe

belovedgrandmotherof JessicaRosenthal

Chod (AndrewChod),AmandaRosenthal,

ReubenRosenthal,SophieRosenthal,Sarah

Cutler,AbigailCutler,and JacobCutler,and

great-grandmotherof KarinaandDonovan

Chod.Sheis alsosurvivedby herbrother,

MickeyBarney,her brother-in-lawJerry(Miche-

line)Rosenthal,andher sisters-in-lawMary

Rosenthal,BettyRosenthal,and ZeldaRosen-

thal,andpredeceasedby her sistersPauline

(Calvin)Arnett,Lillie(Murray) Needelman,and

Helen(Paul) Resnick,brothers-in-lawWilliam,

Jack, and StanleyRosenthal,and sister-in law

Jeannette(Harry)Harrison.The funeral service

will be private.Donationsin Ann'smemory

maybe madeto the Ann and RobertRosenthal

FamilyScholarshipat CornellUniversity,Ithaca,

NY 14853,http://giving.cornell.edu,or to The

GlassRibbonProject,www.glassribbon.com.

Arrangements entrusted to TORCHINSKY

HEBREWFUNERALHOME,202-541-1001.

ROSENTHAL

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DEATH NOTICE

GREGSCHOEPFLE

GregSchoepflepassedawayon Saturday,

November14, 2020afterabrief periodof

declininghealth.

Devotedhusbandof JudieJiehHuade

Winterfor 34 years,wonderfulstepfather

to Thomasde Winterof Denver,CO, and

Alexde Winterof Boston,MA, and beloved

GungGungto fourgrandchildren.His sister

GwenKreekof Akron,Ohiopredeceased

him.

Greg’sgreatestinterestswereclassical

music,opera, andtravel.Gregwasborn

in OhioandremainedaMidwesternerat

heartdespitelivingin WashingtonDC for

45 years.Hewas an Eaglescoutand Ph.D.

economistwhoworkedfor the US Depart-

mentof Laborfor 42 years,retiringas

Directorof the Officeof TradeandLabor

Affairsin 2017.Gregwill be remembered

as agentleand generoussouland will be

deeplymissedby all whoknewhim.Private

serviceswill takeplaceat alater date.

SCHOEPFLE

DEATH NOTICE

GARYLEE SHEAFFER

RetiredU.S. ForeignServiceOfficer,lost his

five-yearbattlewithcancerthe eveningof

November9, 2020.He was 62 yearsold.

Garygrewup in Mechanicsburg,PA,and

attendedDickinsonCollege,fromwhichhe

graduatedas aCharlesNisbetScholarwith

aBAinPhilosophyin 1980.Followinga

briefperiodworkingas alocaljournalist,

Garyenteredthe ForeignServicein 1984.

His firstassignmentwasas viceconsul

in Vancouver,BritishColumbia,ajob that

fosteredastrongattachmentto Canada

for the restof his life.Italso led to a

professionalfocuson consularworkthat

wouldmarkmostof his career.

Gary’slaterassignmentsabroadincluded

Algiers,Algeria;Paris,France;Istanbul,

Turkey;and Montreal,Canada.His domes-

tic assignmentswereprimarilyin the

Bureauof ConsularAffairsof the Depart-

mentof State.Gary waspromotedinto the

SeniorForeignServicein 2011and retired

the followingyearat the rank of Counselor

and holdingthe positionof DeputyDirector

for CanadianAffairs.

In additionto the prideGarytookin his work

andserviceto his country,hedeveloped

apassionfor jazz,finewine,and good

food.He especiallylovedclams,whichhe

wouldeat in any waytheywereprepared,

sometimeswithregret.Garyalsoenjoyed

traveling,especiallyto exoticplaceswhere

he and his wifecouldsee animalsin their

nativehabitats.This experiencegavethem

ashareddevotionto protectingwildlife

and the environment.AmongGary’stalents

was astrongtalentfor writing.

Garyis survivedby MicheleChapman,his

wifeof 32 yearswhomhe metin Algiers,

as wellas two cats(Zoeand Oliver).Other

survivorsincludehis mother,Adelle,sister,

Karen,andbrother,Steve,alongwithin-

lawsJim and Jackie.

In lieu of flowers,donationsmaybe made

in Gary'snameto The Feline Foundationof

GreaterWashington(FFGW),DoctorsWith-

outBorders,orINOVAFairfaxLifewith

Cancer.Shareamemorywiththe familyat

http://www.moneyandking.com

SHEAFFER

DEATH NOTICE

impressionsof famouspeople,and hada

“greatnostalgiafor San Franciscoand its ‘beat

period’...[He had]auniqueoffice,but one

getsthe impressionhe wouldratherbe out

in the field.”In1972,TheNewYork Times

observedthatJoe wasa“complexman”who

“puzzledhis critics.” He wasan “idealistand

pragmatist...unquenchableoptimistand

realist.”Wecertainly

knewhim as such,and thereweremoments

whenthe general publiccaughtglimpsesof

thisas well,suchas whenhe appearedon

the MikeDouglasshowalongsideChuckBerry

at the invitationof JohnLennonandYoko

Ono,who hostedthe program for aweek in

February1972.In describinghis philosophyof

serviceandcrosscultural understanding,he

said,“Wesimplypresentourselvesas people.

We havegreatfaiththat...ifwe stayin atown

or villageoverseasand reallyremainthere,we

becomeacculturatedto them,and theyto us,

andwe startworkingtogether,...thecultural

barriersstartbreakingdown,and in the long

run that’smaybethe waywe’regoingto find

worldpeace.”

Afterleadingthe PeaceCorps,Joe wenton

to serveas DeputyUndersecretaryat the

Departmentof Commerceand thenspentthe

restof his careeras an internationaltrade

lawyer,representingvariousforeigngovern-

ments,industries,and chambersof com-

merce.Joe was co-founderof Caribbean/Latin

AmericanAction,andhelpednegotiatethe

passageof varioustrade agreements.

Dad,you wereahumanitarian,apatientlis-

tener,acreativeandindependentthinker,

and atrue original.We are so proudof your

leadershipand service,the imprintyou left on

the world,yourdecencyandkindness,your

intellectualcuriosity,and youropen-minded-

ness.You showedus the world,taughtus to

thinkfor ourselves,passedon yourloveof

sports,and instilledin us adeep appreciation

of all kindsof musicandcultures.You were

the besthusband,father,brother,coach,and

maestroafamilycouldwishfor.

Joeis survivedby his wifeof 52 years,

Winifred;his daughtersAndreaand Antonia;

his sonNicholas(TarynBrown)andgrand-

daughter Elliette Ann Blatchford; Anwar

McQueen(NaneaMcGuigan)and Zoe Kaulana

McQueen;his sistersBeatriceBallanceand

BarbaraWinslow;his nieceAnnWinslow;and

his nephewsJamesWinslow,JosephWinslow,

and JustinMutone.Healso left behindmany

loyalandlovingfriendsfromthroughouthis

life whowereengaged,warmed,inspired,

anddeeplyaffectedby his personandhis

presence.

An onlinememorialis scheduledfor Friday,

December11that 2p.m. EST.More infor-

mationcanbe foundat https://bluebutter-

fly.com/tribute/joseph-blatchford

conceptualizeanon-governmentalvolunteer

“YouthForce”dedicatedto internationalser-

vice.After asecondtrip to LatinAmericain

1960,Joe enlistedthe helpof his BerkeleyLaw

friendsJerryBrady and GaryGlennto develop

andpromotethe program,withBurdickas

aconsultant.In 1961,Joe formallyfounded

ACCIÓNInternational(nowcalledAccion),a

grassrootscommunitydevelopmentinitiative

in 22 barriosin Venezuela.He securedsupport

fromfoundations,corporations,and individu-

als in LatinAmericaandthe US to fundthe

program.

Joe’sphilosophydepartedfromforeignaid

approachesthatimposedexternalsolutions.

He believedtheworkbeganby listening

carefullyto theneedsidentifiedby local

communitiesand workingalongsidethemto

developand implementresults.Joe recruited

Accion’svolunteersfromcollegecampuses,

and theyprovidedtechnicalsupportand assis-

tanceto enablelocalresidentsto establish

schoolsandbuildwatersystemsandhealth

centers.Lastingchange,they believed,would

resultfromgivingcommunitiesthe toolsthey

neededto helpthemselves.Joe wrote,“We

believethatthe collectiveinitiativeof hun-

dredsof suchcommunitiescan bringprogress

withoutbloodshed,andchampionthe most

revolutionaryideaof all -the dignityof the

individualhumanbeing.”

Amongthe first classofAccionvolunteerswas

WinifredAnneMarich,aUCLAgraduatewith

adegreein Spanishdeterminedto makea

difference.When Winniearrivedin Venezuela,

Joe wasimpressedby her abilityto connect

withlocalcommunitymembersandlead

developmentprojectsin the communitiesshe

served.Joe describedWinnieas “formidable”

and afterfouryearshe offeredher aposition

withAccion’snew program in Brazil.Joe and

Winniemovedto Rio,wheretheyworkedall

day,dancedall nighton the beachand at the

discotheques,and fell in love.Theymarried

in 1967andenjoyed52 yearsof loveand

partnership.

Throughoutthe 1960s,Joe expandedAccion

withaheadquartersin NewYork andpro-

gramsin BrazilandPeru.His visionand

the foundationhe builtpositionedAccionto

becomean earlypioneerin microfinance.

Accionnowhas anetworkof programsand

partnersacrossLatinAmerica,Sub-Saharan

Africa,India,the UnitedStates,and beyond.

Six monthsafterJoe foundedAccionin 1961,

SargentShriverlaunchedthe PeaceCorps.In

1969,at the ageof 34, Joe wasappointed

Director.Underhis leadership,the Peace

Corpsdiversifiedits applicantpoolby focusing

recruitmenteffortsat HistoricallyBlackCol-

legesandUniversities,and reachingout to

unionmembers,skilledworkers,farmers,mid-

careerandretiredvolunteers,and families.

He alsodevelopedaprogram to combine

academic credit with international and

domesticserviceto advancestudents’educa-

tion and careergoals.

Joe was creativeand free spirited.In 1970,the

PeaceCorpsVolunteermagazineobserved

thatJoerodeamotorcycleto work,did

JOSEPHHOFFERBLATCHFORD

June 7, 1934-October7, 2020

On October7, 2020,our father,JosephHoffer

Blatchford,passedawaypeacefully.We, his

threechildren,Andrea,Nicholas,and Antonia,

andourmotherWinnie,were by his side.

Therearemanythingsthatourdadmay

be publiclyrememberedfor:his international

developmentworkas the founderof Accion,

his serviceas Directorof the PeaceCorps,

andhis professionallife as an attorney.As

his children,thereare countlessthingswe

appreciateandmiss:his unwaveringlove

andsupport;exposingus to all kindsof

music,cultures,and sports;and encouraging

us to cultivateour individualidentities.Per-

hapsmostof all the familydancepartiesin

the livingroom,withour dadas the deejay

playingsamba,R&B,jazz, disco,rock and roll,

Motown,opera, and musicalsoundtracks.He

wasagreatdancerandagreatman,full of

love,life,and rhythm.

Our dad Joe was bornin Milwaukee,Wisconsin

to GeorgeandZoe(Hoffer)Blatchford.His

familymovedto Los Angeleswhenhe was

ten yearsold. Afterhighschool,Joe earneda

tennisscholarshipto UCLA,wherehe became

Captainof the Bruins 1956 NationalChampi-

onshipteam.Joe graduatedwithamajorin

PoliticalScience,and thentraveledto Europe

to playin varioustennistoursandcompete

in Wimbledon.He waslaterinductedinto the

UCLATennisHall of Fame.

AlthoughJoewasagreatathlete,heput

asidehis tenniscareerand usedhis education

andloveof musicandsportsto makea

differencein the world.Whileattendinglaw

schoolat the Universityof California,Berkeley,

he raisedprivatefundsand organizedaseries

of goodwilltennisand jazztoursthroughout

LatinAmerica.He traveledto 30 cities,where

he met withlocalyouthto buildfriendshipshe

believedwouldfostermutualunderstanding

and leadto politicaland socialchange.

AfterreturningfromLatinAmericain 1959,

Joe metEugeneBurdick,co-authorof The

UglyAmerican.Inspiredby his criticismof

foreignpolicy,and by WilliamJames’essay

“TheMoral Equivalentof War,”Joe beganto

BLATCHFORD

DEATH NOTICE

MARIONL. SIMPSON(Age94)

MarionLorraineSimpsonpassedaway

peacefullyon November11, 2020.Left

to cherishher memoryare her devoted

daughter,JacquelineBridge;threeloving

grandchildren,KiahFountain,KaraCrest-

well(Terron)andTheodoreBridge;one

great-granddaughter,Jasmine Crestwell;

and manyotherlovingrelativesand friends.

Memorialserviceto be heldat alater date.

http://www.mcguire-services.com

SIMPSON

MARYBELLESMAIL

MaryBelleSmail,age 96, passedawayat

homein Hyattsville,MDonNovember17,

2020.Shewasprecededin deathby her

husband,Paul T. Smail.MaryBelleretired

fromKiplingerPublicationhavingpreviously

workedat Fort LincolnCemetery.For many

yearsshewassecretaryof theformer

AdahChapterof the EasternStar.She is

survivedby manyniecesandnephews,

notablyMarshallWolfe (Gloria),Sharon

Cerne,Denis Smail(Kathy),and DianeSmail.

Intermentwill be in Greensburg, PA.

ArrangementsthroughGasch's Funeral

Home,P.A.

SMAIL

DUANEHOWARDSMITH

ColonelUSArmy(Ret.)

Diedon November15, 2020at PatriotsColony,

Williamsburg,VA.Hewas bornon June3,

1928 in Woonsocket,RI, son of Paul Linwood

Smithand DorothyPalmerSmith.He attended

elementaryand middleschoolin NorthSmith-

field,RI. His familymovedto LongIsland,

NY duringWorld Ward II and Duaneattended

GardenCityHighSchool.He graduatedin

1945 and wasappointedto the UnitedStates

MilitaryAcademyat West Point,NY by Senator

TheodoreFrancisGreene.Hewas commis-

sionedon his 21stbirthdayin 1949.

DuanemarriedJeanElizabethSommervilleof

Philadelphiain 1950withwhomhe had three

daughters.Heservedtwoyearsin the Army

Corpsof Engineersfollowedby 25 yearsin the

ArmyTransportationCorps.Duringthis time

he servedin Korea andin Vietnam.He also

hadassignmentsin Germanyandthe United

Kingdom,wherehe wasaccompaniedby his

family.Heservedthreetoursat Fort Eustis,

Virginia,wherehe wasBrigadeCommanderin

his finaltour.Hehad threeassignmentsat the

Pentagonin the officesof the DeputyChief

of Stafffor Operations,the DeputyChiefof

Stafffor Logistics,and the JointChiefsof Staff.

Afterretirementfromthe Army,Duanesettled

in Arlington,VA withhis familyandbecame

acertifiedfinancialplanner.Heretiredfrom

his secondcareerin 2005andhe andJean

movedto PatriotsColonyin Williamsburg,VA.

In retirementhe pursuedhis interestin family

historyand wroteand publishedahistoryof his

1710 familyhomesteadin RhodeIsland.

Col.Smithis survivedby his wifeJean,and

daughters,ShelleyMiller,(Benton),Carolyn

Purks,(Martin),andBrookePotthast,(John),

ninegrandchildrenand 13 great-grandchildren.

Amemorialservicewill be heldat alaterdate.

Contributionsmaybe madein his nameto the

AlzheimersAssociation.

SMITH

STEWARTCALVINSTEVENS,JR.

On Sunday,November15, 2020,

StewartCalvinStevensJr.ofUpper

Marlboro,Maryland,enteredinto

eternalrest.LovingHusbandof

KatieMarieStevens,and devoted

fatherof Jalea MarieStevens.Also

survivedby his father,Stewart

CalvinStevensSr.; two sisters,threebrothers,

manyotherrelativesandfriends.Familywill

receivefriendson Tuesday,November24, from

10 a.m.untilthe timeof funeral serviceat

11 a.m.at WisemanFuneral Chapel, 7531

Old AlexandriaFerry Road,Clinton,Maryland.

IntermentHeritageMemorialCemetery.

http://www.wisemanfuneralhome.net

STEVENS

ELIZABETHD. TAYLOR

ElizabethD. Taylor passedawayon Thursday,

November5, 2020.She is survivedby children,

WarrenL. TaylorandReneD. Taylor;grand-

daughter,LaKeshaTaylor;great-granddaugh-

ter,JasmineBowers.Nofuneral serviceswill

be held.

TAYLOR

DEATH NOTICE

FREDE. WEIDERHOLD(Age100)

Of Burke,VA, passedawaypeacefullywith

familyby his sideNovember17, 2020.

Belovedhusbandof the late RuthElizabeth

Weiderhold. Lovingfatherof RuthDaly

(Daniel),ConnieBrown(John),JudithPed-

erson(Eldor),Fred Weiderhold,Jr.(Alice

Roberts),JamesWeiderhold,MichaelWei-

derhold(Susan),BettyMcLaughlin(Daniel),

and RobertWeiderhold(Susan).Cherished

grandfatherof CameronDaly(Jill Solely),

Caroline Daly,Kelly Gilmore (Lance),

Michael Brown (Carrie Schum), Judy

Crossin(Brian),DanielBrown(Aga),Melissa

Paris,JosephKennedy(Colleen),Elizabeth

Weiderhold,KatherineMcLaughlin,Caro-

line McLaughlin,AllisonWeiderhold,Abigail

Weiderhold,AnnaWeiderhold,andAustin

Weiderhold. Treasuredgreat-grandfather

of RyanDaly,NathanDaly,LukeGilmore,

BenjaminGilmore,AdelaideBrown,Tim-

othyBrown,EleanorCrossin,Josephine

Crossin,WilliamCrossin,SamuelCrossin,

JulietKennedy,and BenjaminKennedy.A

serviceat the Old PostChapelat Ft. Myer

and intermentat ArlingtonNationalCeme-

terywill be heldat alaterdate.Memorial

contributionsmaybe madeto eitherthe

Heartland Hospice Memorial Fund

(https://heartlandhospicefund.org)or the

Salvation Army (https://give.salvation-

armyusa.org/give)

WEIDERHOLD

ANDREWNATHANIELWHITE,III

(Age78)

Of Washington,DC,passedawayon November

11, 2020.Andrewwasbornto Rev.Andrew

N. White,Jr. and EdithB. Whiteon September

6, 1942in Washington,DC.Hewas the oldest

of two.His sisterEdithA. Whiteprecededhim

in death.Raisedin Nashville,TN, he returned

to D.C. wherehe graduatedcumlaudefrom

HowardUniversity,with aBachelor’sdegree

in musictheory,and aminorin oboein 1964.

He continuedadditionalstudiesat the Paris

Conservatoryand Tanglewood/DartmouthCol-

lege.His professionalcareerencompassed

classicalmusic,Rock&Roll,andmostnotably

jazz.He startedAndrew’sMusic on September

23, 1971.In 1969he marriedhis truelove

&partnerJocelyneH. J. U. White.They were

married41 years,until her passingin 2011.

Andrewis survivedby his firstcousinWilliam

B. Covington,SecondcousinsKellie (Abraham)

CovingtonCastano,and JordanN. Covington.

Alsoleft to treasurehis memoryare many

familymembersin the U.S. and France,neigh-

bors,friends,professionalassociates,and fans.

Visitationwill be heldon Friday,November 20

from5p.m. to 8p.m.,at Ft. LincolnFuneral

Home.OnSaturday,November21, visitation

will be heldfrom12:30p.m. to 1:30p.m., at

Ft. LincolnFuneral Home.Intermentwill be

at Ft. LincolnCemetery,with gravesiteburial

servicesto beginat 2p.m. Dueto COVID

protocolguidelines,visitationwill be limited

to 10 personsat atimein the chapelfor

viewing.A25 personrestrictionwill be in place

at the gravesite.Attendanceat the gravesite

serviceis by invitationonly.https://www.dig-

nitymemorial.com/obituaries/brentwood-

md/andrew-white-9903560

WHITE

GEOFFREYSTUARTWRIGHT

GeoffreyStuartWright(Age66)

of SilverSpring,MDpassed

awaypeacefully on Friday,

November13, 2020. He is

survivedbyabrother,

JonathanSGWright,sister-in-

Law Charlotte Knepper and niece

MaryclaireWright. He wasprecededin

deathby his parents, JohnW. Wrightand

JeanneW. Wrightand his brother,Micheal

VonRhau.Geoffrey will be rememberedby

his manyfriendsand familyfor his loveof

musicand his musicaltalents,his technical

expertise,his willingnessto lendahelping-

hand,andhis senseof humor.Because

of the on-goingCOVID-19pandemic,please

referto an on-linetributeto Geoffreyat

http://www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.com In lieu

of flowers,pleasefeel welcometo donate

to acharityof yourchoicein honorof

Geoffrey.

WWW.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.COM

WRIGHT

MARGARETGIBBONSYOUNG

Margaret Gibbons Young, of

Kensington,MD,passedpeace-

fullyat homeon Wednesday,

November18, 2020.Belovedwife

of the late HerbertYoung;loving

motherof Michael, Kathleen,

JeanMusgrave(Kenneth),John,Thomas

(Kimberly),Timothy,and the late MaryAnn

Chasen(Steven).Alsosurvivedby 11 grand-

childrenand five great-grandchildren.Pre-

deceasedby her parents,Dr. Frankand

FlorenceGibbons;brothers,John and Fran-

cis; sistersPatriciaMacker(Bill)andJean

Davidson(Jack).Survivedby sister-in-law,

JoanGibbonsandcountlessniecesand

nephews.Margaretwasagraduateofthe

1950 Classat NotreDameAcademyin

DC.Relativesand friendsmaycall at 10:30

a.m.on Tuesday,November24 at Holy

RedeemerChurch, 9705 SummitAvenue,

Kensington,MD20895,whereMassof

ChristianBurialwillbeginat 11:30a.m.

IntermentGateof HeavenCemetery.Masks

requiredand distancingobserved.

Arrangementsby ColeFuneral Services,

http://www.colefuneral.com

YOUNG