Share your memories of friends and loved ones in our Guest Books.
To place a notice, call (202) 334-4122 or e-mail deathnotices@washpost.com. Include your name, daytime phone number, address, method of payment and the name of the funeral home or crematory to contact for verification of death.
News obituaries are editorial features distinct from paid death notices. To submit a news obituary, visit our online submission page.
John Perry, 95, a former assistant director of the Smithsonian National Zoological Park and the author or co-author, with his wife, of more than 25 books on natural history and ecology, died April 29 at his home in Winter Haven, Fla. He had complications related to Alzheimer's disease.
Thomas K. Longstreth, 52, former undersecretary of defense for readiness and training, died of organ failure April 28 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington. He lived in Arlington.