The Foreign Service Journal, January-February 2017

88 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2017 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL Mrs. Radday was born in 1937 to Carl and Vera (Sommers) Kruger of San Fran- cisco, Calif. She received a bachelor’s degree at Lone Mountain College and earned a master’s degree in social work from Catholic University, after which she worked in adoption services at Cath- olic Charities. Later in life she attended Washington Theological Union, com- pleted clinical pastoral education, and became certified as a chaplain. In 1961 Ellen married Harold Franz Radday of Brooklyn and accompanied him throughout his Foreign Service career with the U.S. Information Agency (1963-1989), raising their three children in Kenya, Zanzibar, the Côte d’Ivoire, Central African Republic, Belgium, Malta and West Germany. Mrs. Radday was active in embassy communities, volunteered in the chil- dren’s schools and was the embassy’s Community Liaison Officer in Bonn. On the family’s return to Washington, D.C., in 1986, she joined the National Associa- tion of Catholic Chaplains and worked as a chaplain at Holy Cross Hospital, Sibley Memorial Hospital and Manor Care Nursing Home. She participated in faith-sharing groups (including Cursillo and Part- ners) and was an influential advocate for social justice and reform, working with Voice of the Faithful/SNAP, Call to Action, FutureChurch, the Women’s Ordination Conference and the Inten- tional Eucharistic Communities/Com- munitas. Mrs. Radday was preceded in death by her husband, who died in 2011, her brother Peter Kruger and sister Dolo- res Rodriguez. She is survived by her children Michael (Sherri), Elizabeth (Richard Starr) and Jeanne Marie (Sana Georges); beloved grandchildren Nicho- las, Victoria, Melissa and Sophia; and in-laws, nieces and nephews. Memorial donations can be made in Ellen Radday’s memory to a group of your choice, or to Mary’s Pence (www. maryspence.org) . n Evelyn Shoup Reed, 93, a retired Foreign Service secretary, died on Sept. 22 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ms. Reed was born on March 17, 1923, in Salt Lake City, where she and her older sister Lorraine were raised by their mother, Martha VanCott Shoup Hagen. Evelyn graduated from South High in 1941. After a brief marriage, she went to work for the United States government in 1943. Originally based in Salt Lake City, she later transferred to San Fran- cisco. In 1958, she began her service with the State Department Foreign Service and spent the next 15 years working in various embassies around the world. Ms. Reed’s first overseas post was Yemen. Tours of duty in Pakistan, Nepal, the Netherlands and Taiwan, as well as Washington, D.C., followed. Once while stationed in Washington, D.C., she had a brush with greatness when Walter Cronkite held the door for her as they were entering the United Nations Information Center. After a 30-year career in government service, Ms. Reed retired in 1973. She and her mother then moved to Sun City, Ariz., where they enjoyed several years of sunshine and good friends. In 1978 they moved back to the Salt Lake City area. Over the next few years, Ms. Reed cared for her mother through Martha’s journey into dementia until her death from Alzheimer’s disease in 1988. After that, Ms. Reed lived at the Millcreek Retirement Center. Friends remember her for her quick wit and cheerful personality. Because she always wanted to attend her own funeral, her friends organized such an event three years ago, cleverly disguising it as her 90th birthday party. She was delighted to visit with all who came. Ms. Reed was preceded in death by her sister Lorraine, who died at age 14, and her mother, Martha Hagen. She is survived by several cousins and their families. n JoAnn Stoneman, 92, wife of the late FSO Walter (Stoney) Stoneman, died on June 20, 2016, in Oro Valley, Ariz. Born on March 30, 1924, in Teaneck, N.J., Mrs. Stoneman grew up in New Jer- sey, Florida and Washington, D.C., and completed high school, in French, in Montreal. She graduated from Skidmore College in 1946. She went to work for the State Department in Washington, D.C., and there met her future husband, Walter Stoneman, whom she married in 1949. Mrs. Stoneman was an active Foreign Service wife. The family maintained a home in Fairfax, Va., and accompanied Mr. Stoneman to postings in Burma and Honduras. In 1976 the couple retired to Arizona. Mrs. Stoneman volunteered in hos- pitals in both Fairfax, Va., and Tucson, Ariz. She enjoyed reading widely, par- ticularly about theology and Christi- anity. She showed an amazing knack with plants and had a love for Boston terriers. She was a member of St. Odilia’s Catholic Church where she started the Blessed Sacrament Chapel for Eucharis- tic Adoration in 1984. Mrs. Stoneman was widowed in 1995. She is survived by her children Barbara and Steven, and four grandchildren. n