Joseph Francis Mudd Jr., 75, who spent 31 years with the Navy Department and retired in 1986 as a contracts negotiator, died July 30 at his home in Annapolis. He had melanoma.
Mr. Mudd was a native Washingtonian and a graduate of Eastern High School and Benjamin Franklin University, where he also received a master's degree in accounting. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean War.
He was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church and the nondenominational Epping Forest Chapel, both in Annapolis, as well as the Wheaton Ballroom Dancing Association and the Epping Forest Boat Club.
A son, Stephen Mudd, died in 1991.
Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Jeanette Williams Mudd of Annapolis; two children, Bradley Mudd of Annapolis and Pamela Mudd of Silver Spring; a sister, Barbara Phillips of Silver Spring; and two grandsons.