The Foreign Service Journal, November 2022

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2022 81 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. Above all, he was a caring, kind man, supportive of his family, principled in his integrity, generous of spirit, and with a mischievous sense of humor to boot. Mr. Whitlock is survived by his wife, Carol, of Chevy Chase, Md.; his three chil- dren, Charlie of Boston, Mass., Joe of Falls Church, Va., and Happy of Winchester, Calif., and their spouses; and three grand- children. n Brooks Wrampelmeier, 87, a retired Foreign Service officer, died at home in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9, 2022, following a short illness. Mr. Wrampelmeier was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Sept. 27, 1934, and moved not long after to the nearby town of Wyoming, where he grew up and attended high school. He graduated from Princeton University magna cum laude in 1956 with a bachelor’s degree in Near Eastern studies, having spent his junior year at the American University of Beirut. He later received a master’s degree in international public policy from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Interna- tional Studies in 1977. Mr. Wrampelmeier joined the Foreign Service in 1956 andmoved toWashington, D.C., where hemet his wife on a blind date. The couple weremarried inMay 1958. His diplomatic career focused on the Middle East, rotating between assign- ments in Washington and abroad. After he attended the FSI Arabic Language School in Lebanon, his overseas diplomatic postings included Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Zambia, the UAE, and Kuwait. His final post was as consul general in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, after which he retired in September 1989. Upon retirement, he continued to work part-time for the State Department assisting with Freedom of Information Act requests. Known for his self-deprecating sense of humor, Mr. Wrampelmeier was kind, generous, and thoughtful. He was unfail- ingly polite to all he met and is remem- bered by friends and family with great affection. He enjoyed reading, cross- words, genealogy, and classical music. He also served his D.C. community for many years as an election worker and, later, as a precinct captain on the District of Columbia Board of Elections. He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Ann Dartsch Wrampel- meier; his daughter, Susan Atkinson (and husband Robert); sons Peter and Christopher (and wife Hortencia); four grandchildren, Claire Atkinson, and Cole, Claudia, and Holly Wrampelmeier; brother Kent Wrampelmeier (and wife Linda); brother-in-law, Floyd White; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents and sister, Holly White. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA), Bread for the City, or a food bank of your choice. n