Archive for April, 2010

April 27, 2010 @ 21:42

Elizabeth Post Dies

Elizabeth Post, an etiquette expert known for writing books and magazine columns on manners, has died. She was 89.

Post died Saturday in the southwest Florida city of Naples, her family said. Post was the granddaughter-in-law of the country's foremost etiquette expert, Emily Post. In 1965, five years after the elder Post died, Elizabeth took the helm of the Emily Post Institute in Burlington, Vt.

Rest In Peace, Elizabeth.

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April 26, 2010 @ 22:35

Whimbrel In A Tree

It's not often you see a Whimbrel at an inland lake like West Point Lake in Georgia. It's even more rare to see them sitting in a tree.

Whimbrel #5
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April 25, 2010 @ 22:50

Willard Wirtz Dies

Willard Wirtz, a lawyer and longtime public servant who was secretary of labor under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, died April 24 at an assisted living facility in Washington. He had been in failing health, but the cause of death was not immediately known.

He was 98 and was the last survivor of the Kennedy Cabinet.

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Mr. Wirtz's wife, Jane, died in 2002. Survivors include two sons, Philip of Washington and Richard of Knoxville, Tenn.; two sisters, Kathryn Gude and Fran Weeks; and three grandchildren.

Rest In Peace, Willard.

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April 24, 2010 @ 22:49

John Carl Warnecke Dies

John Carl Warnecke, the architect who worked closely with the Kennedys on numerous projects, including President John F. Kennedy's grave site at Arlington National Cemetery, has died. He was 91.

The California native died on April 17 from pancreatic cancer at his ranch near Healdsburg along the Russian River, his son, Fred, said.

Warnecke met Kennedy in the early 1960s through a mutual friend, and he developed a close friendship with the first couple.

Rest In Peace, John.

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April 23, 2010 @ 21:15

Col. Robert Grimes Dies

Col. Robert Grimes, 87, an Army Air Forces pilot who evaded capture in World War II when his B-17 bomber was shot down over Nazi territory, and who later was a Prince William County schools administrator, died April 21 at his home at Fort Belvoir. He had complications from prostate cancer.

Only in recent years did Col. Grimes speak extensively of his wartime experiences, in part, he said, because the military had ordered airmen to treat their experiences as secret.

In 1945, he married Mary Helen Moore. Besides his wife, of Fort Belvoir, survivors include three daughters, Susan Grimes of Washington, Jennifer Grimes of Falls Church and Dale Soper of Woodbine, Md.; two brothers; two sisters; two grandsons; and three great-grandchildren.

Rest In Peace, Col. Grimes.

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