William B. Lonam of Chevy Chase, MD, passed away peacefully at age 94 on August 21, 2020.
Mr. Lonam was born and raised in the Midwest until joining the US Navy in Jan. 1944. A WW2 veteran, he graduated from Georgetown University. It was in Washington where he met and married the love of his life for 66 years, Mary Helldorfer Lonam. He led a distinguished career for 55 years serving overseas in Berlin, Rome, Milan, Munich and Bonn with the C.I.A. A loving and humble husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, he is survived by his wife Mary and their children Matthew (Gail) Lonam, Elizabeth (Reid) Miller, Kate (Robert) McNamara and Carla (John deceased) Palffy, their 12 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren and a host of relatives. A private family service will be held.
