Marjorie Carlson Knutson, 61, a former physical educationteacher who retired in 1990 as assistant principal of Stuart HighSchool in Fairfax, died July 20 at a hospital in Fergus Falls,Minn., after suffering an asthma attack while kayaking at BattleLake, Minn. She lived in Fairfax.
Mrs. Knutson was a native of Appleton, Minn., and a graduateof Luther College, in Iowa, which gave her its distinguished serviceaward for her work in developing music and physical educationcurriculums. She received a master's degree in education from GeorgeWashington University.
She began her 26-year career in Fairfax County as a teacher atLuther Jackson High School. She later was a curriculum specialistfor the county and assistant principal at Jefferson High School.
Mrs. Knutson sang in the choir at Lord of Life Lutheran Churchin Fairfax. Her interests included golf and other sports. She had avacation home at Deep Creek Lake in western Maryland.
Survivors include her husband of 36 years, William Knutson ofFairfax; two sons, Richard Knutson of Fairfax and Paul Knutson ofSt. Paul, Minn.; a sister, Leatrice Benson of Appleton; and threebrothers, Orion Knutson of Ottawa, Ill., David Carlson of Wilmer,Minn., and Elmer Carlson Jr. of Crystal Lakes, Minn.
BASIL J. CANDELA
Engineer
Basil J. Candela, 71, who did engineering work for MitreCorp., TAMS Consultants Inc. and Sverdrup Corp., died of prostatecancer July 23 at the Hospice of Northern Virginia.
Mr. Candela, who lived in Fairfax, was born in Harrison, N.Y.During World War II, he served in the Navy. He graduated fromColumbia University.
In 1976, he moved to the Washington area after having workedin New York for the Hudson Institute. He did engineering work in thearea until illness forced his retirement from Sverdrup.
His wife, Lorene Gibbar, whom he married in 1947, died in1992. Survivors include six children, Stephen Candela of MountLaurel, N.J., James Candela of Dale City, Felicia Candela of Bowie,John Candela of New Paltz, N.Y., Lawrence Candela of Philadelphiaand Michele Abdow of Bethesda; and five grandchildren.
RICHARD D. NOTES
Psychiatrist
Richard D. Notes, 53, a psychiatrist who was born inWashington and raised in Prince George's County, died of cancer July3 at his home in Boca Raton, Fla.
He was a graduate of Northwestern High School, the Universityof Pennsylvania and George Washington University medical school. Hedid his internship and residency at the University of Floridamedical school. He was a diplomate in psychiatry and neurology. Heserved in the Navy.
Dr. Notes was in private practice in Florida and was chairmanof the psychiatry department at Boca Raton Community Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Joan Notes of Boca Raton; twochildren, Randolf Notes of New York and Nancy Notes of Boca Raton;his mother, Narcia Notes of Bladensburg; and a brother, Ronald Notesof Columbia.
ETHEL POPICK
Volunteer
Ethel Popick, 91, who did volunteer work for the Red Cross andthe Hebrew Home for the Aged, died July 29 at her home inWashington. She had cancer.
Mrs. Popick was born in Madison, N.J. She attended college inNew Jersey and taught elementary school there until the mid-1930s.
In 1947, she moved to Washington and worked briefly as abookkeeper and a billing clerk at Carter Industrial Laundry, awork-uniform rental operation she started with her husband.
She was a member of Adas Israel Congregation and WoodmontCountry Club.
Her husband, Nat Popick, died in 1991. Survivors include twochildren, Harriet Bubes and Dorothy Block, both of Chevy Chase; sixgrandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
WILLIAM BEVERLEY MASON JR.
Housing Specialist
William Beverley Mason Jr., 88, a retired housing specialistwho served as executive assistant secretary of the Federal HousingAdministration, died July 29 in his doctor's office in Leesburgafter a heart attack.
Mr. Mason, who lived in Upperville, Va., was born inWashington. He graduated from Episcopal High School in Alexandriaand attended the University of North Carolina.
During World War II, he served in the Navy. After the war, heworked for the FHA as a housing specialist. He was executiveassistant secretary of the agency during the Eisenhower and Nixonadministrations. He also worked for the Department of Housing andUrban Development and as a self-employed housing consultant untilretiring in the mid-1980s.
Mr. Mason was a golfer and member of the Chevy Chase Club, andhe won several amateur golf tournaments. He was a member of theGeorgetown Assembly and the Society of the Cincinnati. He was amember of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Middleburg.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Ann Mason of Upperville; twosons, William Beverley Mason III of Washington and Randolph DulanyMason of Fort Worth; and three grandchildren.
JEAN CARNAHAN WEST
Librarian and Volunteer
Jean Carnahan West, 83, a former law librarian whose volunteeractivities included board and committee work at ChristCongregational Church in Silver Spring, died of congestive heartfailure July 29 at her Silver Spring home.
Mrs. West, a Washington native, worked for the Bethesda lawfirm of Wolpoff and Abramson in the 1970s and early 1980s. She was agraduate of McKinley Technical High School and Katherine GibbsSecretarial School in New York.
She was a secretary, an office manager and a disaster serviceworker for the American Red Cross from 1932 to 1943.
She served on the Congregational Church Home Board ofWashington and was president of the service group at SpringvaleTerrace, a church-sponsored retirement home in Silver Spring thatshe helped found. She was a tutor with the Literacy Council ofMontgomery County.
Her husband, Stanley E. West, died in 1981. Survivors includefour children, Sandra West of Frederick, Md., Stanley E. West Jr.and Paul A. West, both of Silver Spring, and Stuart E. West ofWestmoreland, N.H.; two brothers, Robert G. Carnahan of Sun CityCenter, Fla., and William E. Carnahan of Silver Spring; and fivegrandchildren.
KENNETH HENRY BRUNJES JR.
Operations Manager
Kenneth Henry Brunjes Jr., 59, a retired AT&T operationsmanager, died of cancer July 29 at his son's home in Fairfax.
Mr. Brunjes was born in New York and graduated from theUniversity of Vermont.
He began his professional career in 1957 as a managementtrainee with Bell of Pennsylvania, where he later became a marketingmanager and then a district manager.
In 1982, he relocated to the Washington area as an AT&Toperations manager. He was involved in implementing thecourt-ordered AT&T divestiture. He retired from AT&T in 1989 and in1990 joined the General Services Administration as a communicationsmanagement specialist. He retired from GSA in 1995.
He was a golfer and a member of International Town and CountryClub in Fairfax.
On his retirement, he moved from Fairfax to Pine Knoll Shores,N.C.
Survivors include his wife, Vaughan Soule Brunjes of PineKnoll Shores; three children, Dana Lee Swim of Albany, N.Y., ToddDavid Brunjes of Fairfax and John Christopher Brunjes of Sterling;his mother, Ethel Jean Brunjes of Hampton Bays, N.Y.; a sister,Barbara Jean Creaser of Torrington, Conn.; and a grandson.
