The Foreign Service Journal - November 2017

74 NOVEMBER 2017 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL Joan, of Bethesda, Md.; their children Chris, Paul and Robin; grandchildren Frank, Mayan, Philip and Evan; and a sister, Ruth Liston. Q FrederickThomas Kelley, 85, a retired Foreign Service officer, died on Aug. 3 in Laurel, Md., of heart failure. Born on Dec. 21, 1931, in Pittsfield, Mass., Mr. Kelley was the seventh of eight children. He graduated from St. Joseph’s High School, where he was captain of the football team, in 1949. After serving in the U.S. Navy dur- ing the KoreanWar, Mr. Kelley arrived in Washington, D.C. He took and passed the Foreign Service exam, and then attended Georgetown University on the GI Bill while working as a congressional aide. Having completed his studies, he joined the Department of State as a For- eign Service officer in 1957. Mr. Kelley met his wife, Nadine, at a party in 1956, and the couple married on June 1, 1957. Throughout the early years of their married life they traveled the world, buoyed by the optimismof the Kennedy administration and the hopes of a brighter future for the world. Their assignments included Canada (twice), East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), West Pakistan (now Pakistan) and Singapore. The couple’s favorite assignment was Islamabad. In the late 1960s they found it rich in history and culture and full of promise. After retirement, the Kelleys traveled the United States in a VWminibus, explor- ing much of the country before taking up part-time work as tax preparers. Mr. Kelley also pursued family geneal- ogy work that led to his joining the Soci- ety of the Cincinnati. His direct ancestor, Lt. John Crosier of Boston, had been a Minuteman and had fought in several key battles of the Revolutionary War along- side General George Washington. In 1996, the Kelleys fully retired to Bethany Beach, Del. They left many dear friends in Bethany when they relocated back to the Maryland suburbs of Wash- ington, D.C., for health reasons in 2016. Mr. Kelley is survived by his wife of 60 years, Nadine Louise (nee Mayer) Kelley; children Kathleen (and her husband, Wes Clark) of Fairfax, Va., Jennifer (and her husband, Ralph Acevedo) of Rockville, Md., Deborah of Laurel, Md., and Freder- ick (and his wife, Thuzar Myint) of Colum- bia, Md.; seven grandchildren: Sean and Daniel Rushlow; Charles and David Acevedo; and Alexander, Christopher and Maria Acevedo. He is also remembered by at least three dozen nieces and nephews, and four sisters-in-law. Q Jeanne Kinney, 85, a retired Foreign Service officer and wife of the late USAID FSO Bert Tollefson Jr., died onMarch 28 in Phoenix, Ariz. Ms. Kinney was born onMay 14, 1931, in Chicago, Ill. Her father’s automobile business took the family fromChicago toMilwaukee, Wisc.; and then to Short Hills, N.J.; Gary, Ind.; Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, Ill. She graduated from St. Joseph’s High School in Rock Island and St. Ambrose College in Davenport. After retiring, she earned a master’s degree at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Ms. Kinney began her government career in the Illinois State Attorney’s office in Rock Island. From there, at age 23, she went toWashington, D.C., to work for the Foreign Operations Administration, the predecessor of the U.S. Agency for Interna- tional Development. Short-termFOA assignments included the Department of the Army, the Depart- ment of Health, Education &Welfare and the Federal Emergency Management Administration. She was also employed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Com- mission in Phoenix, Ariz. In 1982, Ms. Kinney joined the Department of State Foreign Service. Her overseas assignments during her career with USAID and State included Turkey, Vietnam, Morocco, Iraq and Lebanon. She survived the bombing of the Ameri- can embassy in Beirut on Sept. 20, 1984, and received the State Department’s medal for heroism in Lebanon. Retiring in Tucson and Phoenix, Ariz., she was active in the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Foreign Service Retirees’ Association and the Arizona Federation of RepublicanWomen (she founded the Lincoln RepublicanWomen’s Club). She also worked on alumni events in Phoenix for St. Ambrose College and Loyola University, and she was recognized for these services by both schools. Her photographs of the Middle East were on display at the University of Arizona in Tucson’s Middle East Center and her photographs of Catholic churches in Arizona were printed in the Phoenix Diocese calendar for two years. Ms. Kinney was preceded in death by her husband, Bert M. Tollefson Jr., who died in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Jan. 9, 2010; her parents, Merle andMaude (Kilroy) Kinney; her sister and brother-in-law Jane and Tony Weiman; her brother, Michael John Kinney; her sister Mary Kinney and brother-in-law ConradW. Andrews. She is survived by her sister, Kathleen Kinney Andrews of Fargo, N.D., with whom she spent much time at the lake and in Fargo; seven nieces; and seven nephews. Memorial contributions in her memory may be sent to St. Jude’s Hospital. Q Gara VinsonMalesky , 77, the for- mer wife of retired FSO LannMalesky, died on June 4 at her home in Fairfax City, Va., surrounded by her family.