Obituaries

Fredric “Fred” D. Forney, Sr., 90, a resident of Annapolis, Maryland, passed away on October 7, 2025. Born on October 5, 1935 in Columbia, Ohio to the late Elwood and Ruby Forney, he graduated from high school in 1953.

Demetrio “Joe” Perez passed on 20 July, joining his wife, Elena. Joe was recruited by CIA to use his access and skills as a Cuban Air Force pilot to participate at our direction in the Bay of Pigs.

Michael S. McHenry (70), retired Senior Intelligence Officer, passed away peacefully at home in Arlington, Virginia, on 8 October 2025.

Thomas Victor Jansen died peacefully at home in Washington, DC, on October 7, 2025, at the end of a long journey with Parkinsonism (multiple system atrophy, cerebellar type) that he traveled with his beloved wife Laura at his side.

John Robert Hilliard, 87, retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, passed August 26th at Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne, FL following a courageous battle against cancer.

John Lenhart Wilhelm, III, a journalist who played a pivotal role in TIME magazine's coverage of the Vietnam War and the race to the moon and was also an Emmy-nominated executive producer of PBS television documentaries, died August 21, 2025 at his home in Washington, DC. He was 87

Lt. Col. Robert George Protosevich died suddenly of heart failure at his home in Alexandria, Virginia on December 3, 2024. He was 72 years old. A career officer in the U.S. Army, Robert proudly served his country for over 30 years.

William Brooks Blaisdell Moody, 87, liked to say his career teaching high school French was “interrupted” by 30 years of service as a cryptologic officer in the U.S. Navy. Bill died on August 11 at Georgetown University Hospital of sepsis and pneumonia. He lived in the Knollwood Retirement Community in Washington, DC.

Robert Ellett Rich, a fourth-generation resident of the Washington area and former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency, died on September 21, 2025 in Olney, Maryland. He was 98.