Obituaries

Stewart Baker, a former senior Department of Homeland Security official, national security attorney, and widely recognized voice on cybersecurity and technology policy, died unexpectedly on April 30 while jogging. He was 78.

Kent Oliver Williamson, 93, passed away peacefully on March 25, 2026, in Kilmarnock, Virginia. He was born on August 20, 1932, in Washington, D.C., to Roy and Jeannette Williamson.

Kendall Myers, who in a double life as a State Department employee and a spy for Cuba — known as Agent 202 — passed sensitive intelligence to his handlers during foreign trips, through shortwave radio messages and in package drops in supermarket shopping carts, died on March 12 in Springfield, Mo. He was 88.

Former Special Branch officer Wong Kooi Fong, also known as Blossom Wong or “the spy in a cheongsam”, has died at 87.

Joan Bennett Peake, of Alexandria, Virginia, passed away peacefully on April 20, 2026, in Berryville, Virginia. She was born on June 20th, 1935, in Utica, New York to Raymond and Ethel Wildhack.

Milton Edward "Mick" Moritz passed away Friday, April 24, 2026, at his home. Born September 5, 1931, in Reading, PA, he was the son of the late Edward R. and Anna May Moritz. He retired as the president of Moritz Associates Inc., a commercial and industrial security management consultant firm.

Hayden B. Peake, 93, of Alexandria, Virginia, passed away peacefully on April 12, 2026, in Berryville, Virginia. He was born on September 1, 1932, in Los Gatos, California, to Graham and Emily Peake, whose marriage later ended in divorce.

Owen Lee Gossett passed away on February 21, 2026, at age 87 in Central Point, Oregon, at Rogue Regional Medical Center.  Lee was born January 18,1939, in Simla, Colorado, and grew up in Central Point, Oregon, where he graduated from Crater HS in 1958.

David William Lange, age 90, died March 6; he battled aspiration pneumonia for 10 years following radiation treatment for throat cancer. David was born on December 5, 1935, in Minneapolis, MN.