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| Rev. John Robert Hall: 1954 - 2007 |
| February 15, 2007 As pastor of Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Church in Niles, Rev John Robert Hall was an administrator who oversaw a church renovation project He also was known for his generosity and thoughtfulness 'He was so well liked because (more) |
| John Dawson, 80, a surgeon of skill, heart |
| Dr John Hamilton Dawson didn't slow down in his later years At 80, he was treating breast cancer patients at Seattle's Swedish Cancer Institute, as the oldest active staff surgeon at the hospital At 76, he completed the Register's Annual Great (more) |
| Melburn Spaulding; Engineer Assisted In Space Projects |
| Melburn Carlisle "Bob" Spaulding, 83, a retired Air Force colonel who worked on space engineering programs, died of a heart attack Jan 30 at his home in Fort Washington (more) |
| Ellen Hanley; Starred in Broadway Musicals |
| Ellen Hanley, 80, a musical theater performer best known for playing Fiorello LaGuardia's first wife in the Pulitzer Prize winning "Fiorello!," died Feb 12 of a stroke after a long battle with cancer (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Frances Marie Melanson, 85, who as an Army nurse in World War II cared for soldiers injured in the Battle of the Bulge, the St Lo Breakout and other campaigns, died of pneumonia Jan 10 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital (more) |
| Bent Skovmand, Seed Protector, Dies at 61 |
| The plant scientist helped to create the ?doomsday vault,? a massively fortified cavern to safeguard three million kinds of unique crop seeds against catastrophe (more) |
| Obituary: Peter Clarke |
| Peter Clarke, who has died of cancer at the age of 58, became the first children's commissioner for Wales the first in the UK in March 2001 The Waterhouse report in 2000, on abuse in children's homes in north Wales, recommended the creation of t (more) |
| Thomas Fairchild, 94, Dies; Tried to Unseat McCarthy |
| Thomas E Fairchild was a federal appeals court judge for four decades who tried unsuccessfully to unseat Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1952 (more) |
| Charles Norwood; Ga. Congressman Pushed for Patients' Bill of Rights |
| Rep Charles Whitlow Norwood Jr , 65, a Republican from Georgia who tirelessly promoted a patients' bill of rights and who sought stricter immigration policies, died Feb 13 of cancer and lung disease at his home in Augusta (more) |
| Adelard L. 'Abe' Brault, 97; Influential N.Va. Senator |
| Adelard L "Abe" Brault, 97, a feisty Fairfax County Democrat who retired in 1983 after 18 years in the Virginia Senate, including a term as majority leader, died Feb 13 at his home in Front Royal, Va He had pneumonia (more) |
| Florence Z. Melton, 95, Creator of Slippers, Dies |
| Florence Zacks Melton took a material invented as a helmet liner for World War II tank crewmen and turned it into cushy foam rubber slippers (more) |
| Warren Johnson; Lt. General, 84, Headed Defense Nuclear Agency |
| Warren D "Don" Johnson, 84, an Air Force lieutenant general who was the former director of the Defense Nuclear Agency, died Jan 23 of congestive heart failure at Highland Park Hospital in Highland Park, Ill He lived in Winnetka, Ill (more) |
| Obituaries |
| James Robert Gosnell, 90, a businessman who worked in commercial real estate in Arlington, died Jan 17 at his home in Middleburg following a stroke (more) |
| Obituary: Nelson Polsby |
| Nelson Polsby, who has died of congestive heart disease aged 72, was a big man He was big physically too big for his own health and he was large and generous in his outlook His capacity for work was prodigious, and his achievement in his field, (more) |
| Charles Norwood; Ga. Congressman Pushed for Patients' Bill of Rights |
| Rep Charles Whitlow Norwood Jr , 65, a Republican from Georgia who tirelessly promoted a patients' bill of rights and who sought stricter immigration policies, died Feb 13 of cancer and lung disease at his home in Augusta (more) |
| James Ricca; 'Mammoth' Lineman for Redskins |
| James "Big Jim" Ricca, 79, a gargantuan lineman who played both ways for the Washington Redskins in the early 1950s and who later founded an Arlington based advertising agency, died Feb 11 at Inova Fairfax Hospital after a brain aneurysm He lived (more) |
| Ellen Hanley, 80, Actress in Musicals, Dies |
| Ellen Hanley was a musical theater performer best known for playing Fiorello H La Guardia?s first wife in the Pulitzer Prize winning ?Fiorello!? (more) |
| Charlie Norwood, 65, Dies; Republican Representative |
| Representative Charlie Norwood, Republican of Georgia, was a feisty conservative who railed against government bureaucracy (more) |
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