The Foreign Service Journal, November 2009

66 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 9 town. Having always been interested in oceans andmarine life, Mr. Codi also greatly enjoyed being a docent for the University of Delaware’s College of Marine Studies. In 2003, the Codis moved toNaples, Fla., for the warm weather and to be near their son, Alan, who cared for them during the last five years of their lives. Marguerite passed away in early 2008 after a long fight with an infection. Mr. Codi is survived by his son, Alan, of Naples; his daughter, Suzanne, of Washington, D.C.; and four grand- children. Charles O. Hoffman , 78, a retired Foreign Service specialist, died on July 23 at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Ga. He had been in failing health since April. Born in Derry Township, Ga., Mr. Hoffman was a 1948 graduate of Dan- ville High School. He served with the U.S. Army from 1948 to 1952, working with the Army Security Agency during the Korean War and, following his dis- charge, from 1952 to 1956. Mr. Hoffman joined the Foreign Service in 1956. He traveled as a re- gional communications electronic offi- cer, serving in Beirut (1956-1959); Lon- don (1959-1964); and Bangkok (1964- 1968). From 1968 to 1975, he was as- signed to the Office of Communica- tion’s Engineering Division, and from 1975 to 1980 he was posted to Bonn. He was then assigned to the OC Se- curity Division in Washington, D.C., from 1980 until his retirement in 1981. In 1982, Mr. Hoffman returned toDan- ville and began a series of contract as- signments for the Department of State at embassies and missions around the world. Mr. Hoffman was a member of the Washingtonville Lutheran Church; the Danville Moose Lodge; the Frank Si- dler Post of the American Legion and the VFW Post, both of Danville. Surviving are his wife, the former Dorothy C. Anderson, with whom he celebrated his 58th wedding anniver- sary on Jan. 6; a daughter, Ruth Mary (and husband Edward P. Spohn) of Lawrenceville, Ga.; a brother, Donald W. Hoffman (and wife Jeanne) of New Port Ritchey, Fla.; a sister, Helen M. Gerringer, of Danville; and several nieces and nephews. Edward C. Howatt , 86, a retired FSO, died on Sept. 14 in Henderson, Nev. Born Dec. 20, 1922, in Springfield, Mass., Mr. Howatt was the son of W. Harold Howatt and Mildred Howatt. He studied at American International College, graduating in 1944 after a brief stint in the U.S. Army, and went on to earn an MBA degree at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 1945. He married Edwina, known as “Teddy,” his wife of 62 years, on Aug. 2, 1947, a year after they had met at the wedding of a mutual friend. After working as an insurance agent, a department store executive and a jun- ior college teacher, during which time the couple lived in Springfield, Mass., and Barrington, R.I., Mr. Howatt join- ed the State Department in 1950 and they moved to Alexandria, Va. He transferred to the Foreign Service in 1956. More than 20 years of world travel followed, with assignments in Cape Town, Lagos, Melbourne, Hel- sinki and New Delhi. The Howatts retired to San Diego, Calif., in 1973. After 20 years they moved to Tucson and, in 2002, reset- tled in Las Vegas, Nev. During their re- tirement, the Howatts continued to travel extensively in Europe, the Mid- dle East and Asia. Mr. Howatt was an award-winning photographer and a published newspa- per columnist. He maintained an avid interest in U.S. and world politics throughout his life, recently adding computers and the Internet to his field of attention. Family and friends recall his quiet but sharp sense of humor with special fondness. He is survived by his wife, Edwina, of Las Vegas, Nev.; his sons, Kenyon (and wife Pamela), also of Las Vegas, andDouglas (and wifeMarlene) of San Mateo, Calif.; and grandchildren Cas- sandra, Brittany and Trevor. Another son, Stephen, predeceased him onMay 13, 1971. Janice Lyon Millar , 74, a retired FSO, died on June 11 in Paris from complications of chronic lung disease. Mrs. Millar was born on Oct. 3, 1934, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Bar- ney and Ruth Glanville Johnson. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Utah in 1956, and worked in New York City as a tour guide at the United Nations before at- tending Radcliffe and Georgetown University, where she earned a mas- ter’s degree in economics. During a 20-year career in the Foreign Service, Mrs. Millar served overseas first with the U.S. Agency for International Development in Rabat, and then as a diplomatic officer in Lagos and Paris. During tours at the State Department in Washington, D.C., she became an expert on the Caribbean region. She also served as I N M E M O R Y