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*****Feb. 12, 1997*****

Dorothy M. Rabbitt 
  Dorothy M. Rabbitt, 86, of Silver Spring died Jan. 29 at Montgomery General 
Hospital, Olney. 
  She was a homemaker. 
  She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence C. Rabbitt 
  Born Feb. 9, 1910, in Washington, D.C., a daughter of the late Thomas H. and 
Annette Dwyer Martin. 
  She is survived by a brother, William T. Martin of Silver Spring. 
  Services were held Feb. 1 at the Barber Funeral Home, Laytonsville. Interment 
followed at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring. 
  Arrangements were provided by Barber Funeral Home. 

Dorothy R. Romans 
  Dorothy R. Romans, 80, died Jan. 29 at the Carriage Hill Nursing Center in 
Silver Spring. 
  She was a homemaker and active with the Montgomery County Fair. 
  She was born July 14, 1916, in Iowa. She attended Grace United Methodist 
Church, Silver Spring. 
  She is survived by her husband, James Romans; three sons, James R., William R. 
and Larry D. Romans; one sister, Elvie Reetz; and nine grandchildren. 
  Services were held at Grace United Methodist Church. Interment followed at 
Silent City Cemetery, Monroe, Iowa. 
  Arrangements were provided by Takoma Funeral Home, Washington, D.C. 


*****Feb. 19, 1997*****

Owen Wilberger 
  Owen Wilberger, 83, a former Eye Bank President, civic leader, and owner-
operator of several area service stations, died Feb. 4 of heart and kidney 
disease at the Genesis Layhill Center. He was a 40-year resident of the Layhill 
area. 
  Mr. Wilberger was president and a long-time board member of District 22-C 
Lions Eye Bank and Research Foundation in Washington, president of the Sandy 
Spring Lions Club and president of Allanwood-Gayfields-Wilson Hill-Gaywoods 
Estates Civic Association. 
  He served for many years on the board of Ashton United Methodist Church and 
sang in the church choir. 
  Mr. Wilberger successively owned and operated three service stations in 
Montgomery County: Aspen Hill Citgo, Colesville Citgo and Fairland Citgo. He 
retired in 1977 and took a sales position at Clark Manufacturing Company in 
Silver Spring, where he worked until 1985. 
  He received numerous awards and citations for his volunteer work in the 
community, and in 1990 was named Melvin Jones Fellow by the Lions International 
Foundation for dedicated humanitarian services. 
  Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Margaret Berg of Layhill; a daughter, 
Linda Wilberger Egan of Rose Valley, Pa.; a son, James Owen Wilberger of Los 
Angeles; his stepmother, Emma Wilberger of Kensington; two brothers, Preston 
Wilberger of Wheaton and Wallace Wilberger Jr. of Leggett, Calif.; and three 
grandchildren. 
  Arrangements were provided by the Muriel H. Barber Funeral Home, Laytonsville.