The Foreign Service Journal, July-August 2021

76 JULY-AUGUST 2021 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL international development strategy for the United Nations (in New York and Geneva). He retired from the Foreign Service in 1987 after serving as U.S. consul general in Bordeaux, France. After a brief stint as the executive director for the American Committee on the French Revolution, he became an entrepreneur. He was the owner of National Map Gallery and Travel Center in Union Sta- tion, Washington, D.C., and later GeoVi- sual Business Services, a geographic analysis and consulting business. With a passion for history, geography and monuments, he was the author of many articles, presentations and publi- cations, including the book Monumental Beauty: Peace Monuments and Museums Around the World (Peace Partners Inter- national, 2013). He also contributed to The Atomic Bomb and American Society: New Perspectives (University of Tennessee Press, 2009), The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace (Oxford University Press, 2010) and International Handbook on Tourism and Peace (Centre for Peace Research and Peace Education, 2014). Mr. Lollis is survived by his wife, Schera Chadwick of Knoxville, Tenn.; and his daughter, Cynthia Lollis, and her husband, Alexander Deiss, of Decatur, Ga. His first marriage to Vivian Redding Lollis ended in divorce. Memorial contributions may be made in his name to the Oak Ridge Environ- mental Peace Alliance, American Foreign Service Association, Unitarian Univer- salist Association or to a charity of your choice. n Charles John Terio III , 79, a U.S. Marine and husband of retired Foreign Service Officer Anne Terio, died on April 3 in Alexandria, Va. Mr. Terio was a U.S. Marine and fought in Vietnam; a U.S. Capitol police officer; a federal agent; head of the gov- ernor’s security in American Samoa; and a security consultant. He was an active member of the Fraternal Order of Police, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 609 in Alexandria, Va., and Knights of Columbus Council No. 5998 in Alexandria, Va. Mr. Terio was also an inventor. When he was 44 years old, he designed and patented a vehicle restraining system featuring a gate that can stop a truck loaded with explosives in the event of a terrorist attack. Mr. Terio accompanied his wife to her assignments in Cairo (1993-1997) and Port-au-Prince (1998-2000). He always tried to be a mentor for the U.S. Marines posted at the American embassies where they were sent. Mr. Terio is survived by his wife, Anne; son Chris (and his wife, Anne); stepdaughter Marianne Elbertson and stepson Christopher (and his wife, Sang) Moore; and five grandchildren: Reed Anne Elbertson, Caroline Elbertson, Alexander J. Terio, Garrett Moore and Eliza Moore. Mr. Terio was buried on April 12 at Quantico National Cemetery with full military honors. n Evelyn “Burgess” Venezia , 87, wife of retired Senior Foreign Service Officer Ronald F. Venezia, died on March 13 in Rockville, Md., of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Mrs. Venezia was born on Feb. 3, 1934, in Magnolia, S.C., one of three daughters of the late Bratton and Evelyn Williams. She graduated from Clemson High School in 1952 and spent one year at Furman University before marrying the late Rodolfo A. David in 1953. Together they moved to Guatemala City where her three sons were born. In Guatemala she helped run their busi- ness, Fabrica Carolina, a hosiery factory, for almost 14 years. In 1966 her husband died. After a few years, she met and married Ronald F. Venezia, a career Senior Foreign Service officer with USAID. Together with her three children, the couple moved to San José, Costa Rica. Mrs. Venezia accompanied her husband on assignments to the Dominican Repub- lic, Honduras and again to Guatemala and Costa Rica before settling in Maryland. Mrs. Venezia enjoyed playing ten- nis and was an avid bridge player. She enjoyed cooking and baking, and she loved being a diplomat’s wife. She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Ronald; her three sons, Michael David of Ellicott City, Md., Omar David of Guatemala City, and Bryan David of Tampa, Fla.; sister Vera Tucker of Columbia, S.C.; five grandchildren; and three nieces and seven nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz.org. n If you would like us to include an obituary in In Memory, please send text to journal@afsa.org. Be sure to include the date, place and cause of death, as well as details of the individual’s Foreign Service career. Please place the name of the AFSA member to be memorialized in the subject line of your email.