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*****August 19, 1999*****

Beatrice Rose Biancaniello, 81, 
state employee 
  Beatrice Rose Biancaniello, a retired state employee with the Department of 
Social Services Medical Assistance Unit, died Aug. 7 as a result of brain and 
lung cancer. She was 81 years old. 
  "She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother," said her daughter, Anna 
Angolia, a Cottage City councilwoman. "Her grandchildren and children were like 
her family. She had a very special bond with her grandchildren. My son would say 
that there were some things that you didn't even have to communicate with her, 
but she just knew." 
  Mrs. Biancaniello was active in the Bladensburg Women's Thursday Evening Club 
when she lived in Bladensburg from 1942 to 1972 before moving to Beltsville. 
  Angolia said one of her mother's most positive traits was her caring and 
loving personality. 
  "She was a friend to all who knew her," she said. "My brothers had a lot of 
friends, and when they would have any type of trouble, she would talk and 
counsel with them. She was a wonderful person. Everyone felt like they belonged 
when they were with her. She had a very loving heart and [was] just an all-
around good person." 
  Mrs. Biancaniello was also a volunteer in her church and was very religious, 
said Angolia. 
  "She was very active in St. Jerome's in Hyattsville," said Angolia. "She was 
active in the Ladies of Charity who did work for the people in the church that 
needed any type of charitable work including preparing meals or fruit baskets 
for families." 
  In the early 1950s, Mrs. Biancaniello was a volunteer at the Prince George's 
Hospital. She was a member of the Prince George's County Council, No. 2809 
Knights of Columbus, where she served as the secretary for two years. She was 
also a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church bingo team, Antonio Gatto Sons 
of Italy in Laurel and the Beltsville Young at Heart senior club. 
  Mrs. Biancaniello enjoyed shopping, the arts and cooking. "She loved to cook 
and would spoil you rotten," said Angolia. I think the malls would go out of 
business when she stopped shopping. Mom didn't take a lunch hour; she would take 
a shopping hour." 
  Mrs. Biancaniello truly loved life and people, said Angolia. "She really 
enjoyed it," said Angolia. "No one ever heard her say anything cross. ... Her 
whole life centered on Frank, her husband of 61 years, her three children and 
any other children who needed assistance." 
  Services were held at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Beltsville on Aug. 10. 
  In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Biancaniello is survived by her two sons, 
Francis and Ralph; and four grandchildren, Jennifer Biancaniello, Michael Scott 
Bowling, Christian Biancaniello and Robert Angolia. 

Eben Clark Eno Jenkins, 90, 
square dancer 
  Eben Clark Eno Jenkins, 90, died of a cerebral hemorrhage July 29 at the 
Washington Home in the District. Among the foremost popularizers of square and 
contra dances in the region, he was the Washington area's first inductee into 
the American Square Dance Society Hall of Fame and a founder and 55-year member 
of the National Capital Area Square Dance Leaders Association. 
  When Mr. Jenkins "called" his first square dance in 1943, such events were few 
and far between in the area. After the war, however, Americans were ready to 
have some fun. Often accompanied by Doc McDougald's Rock Creek Promenaders band, 
he began attracting thousands each year to what would become a booming new 
outlet for recreation. 
  As part of the evolution of the form nationally from country barn dancing to 
more sophisticated "club dancing," Mr. Jenkins founded two clubs locally, the 
Quadranglers and, with Eli Renn, the Double-E Squares. Based in Hyattsville, the 
latter soon had 25 "squares" with eight members each, and a waiting list. 
  Born in Honesdale, Pa., Mr. Jenkins moved with his family to College Park in 
1918. He worked as an economist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture during 
1934-36 and then as an agent for the Agricultural Extension Service of the 
University of Maryland until 1951. In 1954, he and his wife built their current 
home in Silver Spring. Mr. Jenkins was also an agent for Nationwide Insurance 
Co. 
  Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Mary Ingersoll Jenkins of Silver 
Spring; daughters, Sarah "Sally" Donaldson of Accokeek, Susan Shawhan of Silver 
Spring and Rachel Weibley of Neenah, Wis.; 12 grandchildren; 11 great-
grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; brothers- and sisters-in-law Dan and 
Pat Ingersoll of Quaker Neck, Md., and Gil and Betsy Ingersoll of Hockessin, 
Del., and Quaker Neck. 
  A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Good Shepherd United 
Methodist Church, 9701 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring. Memorial contributions 
may be made to the Wheelchair Society-Washington Area, 912 Thayer Ave., No. 108, 
Silver Spring, Md. 20910.