The Foreign Service Journal, June 2007

battle with gastric cancer. Mrs. Jones began her career in Washington, D.C., working for the Office of the Quartermaster General. She had the sad and difficult job of calling the next of kin of those killed in World War II to ask if they wanted the remains of their loved ones brought home or left in their overseas resting place. She subsequently worked for the Air Force Office of Strategic Intelligence for 10 years, before join- ing the Foreign Service as a records supervisor for USAID. With USAID, Mrs. Jones served in Ankara, Tegucipalpa, Saigon, Bogota and Washington, D.C. Her last assignment, where she met her hus- band, Sam Jones, was in La Paz. She retired from USAID in 1975. Mrs. Jones and her husband traveled and lived in various cities in the U.S., including Washington, D.C., where he was on assignment for the Federal Aviation Administration. There Mrs. Jones enjoyed visiting her World War II friends, as well as meeting Foreign Service friends passing through on home leave or transfer. The couple moved to Botswana when Mr. Jones accepted a two-year assignment with the U.N. following his retirement from the FAA. They both enjoyed traveling throughout Southern Africa, visiting game parks as well as desert areas. Mrs. Jones also took advantage of the opportuni- ty to visit several Foreign Service friends assigned to Africa. Returning to the U.S., Mr. and Mrs. Jones divided their time be- tween homes in Albuquerque and Siren, Wis. Their many close friends remember a warm, generous and hos- pitable woman who loved to enter- tain, was the first to make newcomers feel welcome at a new assignment, and was a wonderful cook. Mrs. Jones is survived by her hus- band of 32 years, Sam Jones of Siren, Wis.; sisters Lupe Gutierrez and Emma De Raad; stepdaughters Joy J. Meadows and Jackie J. Elliott; and eight nieces and nephews. Sarah Anne (Sally) Moore , 84, a registered nurse and the widow of FSO George Curtis Moore, died on March 11 in Washington, D.C., of complications following surgery. An area resident since 1973, she lived in Bethesda, Md. Mrs. Moore was born Sarah Anne Stewart in Medford, N. J. She was a graduate of Hahnemann Hospital School of Nursing in Philadelphia, UCLA, and Syracuse University. During World War II, she served as an Army nurse in England and Germany. In England, she met Pri- vate G. Curtis “Curt” Moore, then a Foreign Service officer with the De- partment of State, and in 1950 the couple married. Mrs. Moore accompanied her hus- band on assignments to Germany, Egypt, Lebanon, Eritrea, Libya and the Sudan, in addition to tours in Washington, D.C. While overseas, she was active in postwar refugee work, care of international orphans, and in overseas American Schools. She served as a school board member and a principal’s assistant in Libya and as principal of the Khartoum Ameri- can School in Sudan. Her interest in young people included six years of service as a camping skills adviser with the Girl Scouts of America. Mrs. Moore’s life overseas ended abruptly, with her husband’s death in the line of duty in 1973 in Khartoum. She returned to Washington, D.C., where she went to work for the Medical Division of the Department of State, focusing on the issues of over- seas families. On retiring from the State Depart- ment, Mrs. Moore earned a paralegal certificate at George Washington Uni- versity and volunteered at the Legal Counsel for the Elderly in Washing- ton, D.C. She became a volunteer with the Montgomery Hospice Associa- tion. She was active in the Tulip Hill Community Association in her neigh- borhood, recently as treasurer; and she volunteered regularly in the lib- rary at The Barrie School until her death. In 1994, Mrs. Moore and her younger daughter’s family moved into a new home, where she resided until her death. She was an enthusiastic patron of the arts, sharing her love of music, theater and art with her friends. Other interests included gar- dening, genealogy and politics. She was also a committed fan of the D.C. United soccer team. Mrs. Moore is survived by her two daughters, Lucy Moore Wyatt of Kensington, Md., and Catherine Moore Bergesen of Bethesda, Md.; her son-in-law, Christopher A.E. Bergesen of Bethesda, Md.; and three beloved grandsons. William M. Owen , 86, a retired FSO, died of congestive heart failure on April 6 at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. Born in Manchester, England, into an Anglo-American family, Mr. Owen settled in the U.S. in 1939. A Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude graduate of Duke University, he also graduated from the NATO Defense College, then in Paris. A captain in the U.S. Army during World War II, he served overseas in England and France. Mr. Owen entered the State De- 70 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / J U N E 2 0 0 7 I N M E M O R Y