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        Helen Bedell Stamer 
2005
Helen Bedell Stamer, 83, a licensed broker with Laughlin Realtors in McLean who was still making deals until six months ago, died of complications from heart disease Feb. 21 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington.
Mrs. Stamer, who lived in McLean, worked 48 years for Laughlin Realtors and its predecessor firms.
She was a member of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors and its Million Dollar Sales Club for 25 consecutive years.
She also was a member of the board of the Foundation for Applied Technical Education, which promotes vocational training, and she was a founding member of the board of directors of Millennium Bank in Fairfax.
She was a past director of the American Cancer Society and a former officer of the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs.
A native Washingtonian, Mrs. Stamer graduated from Central High School and the University of Maryland.
Her husband, Paul F. Stamer Sr., died in 2001, after 58 years of marriage. A son, Paul F. Stamer Jr., died in 1971.
Survivors include two children, Diana Stamer Fitzgerald of Arlington and Mark Bedell Stamer of Fairfax; and two grandchildren.