Ralph Duvall Sherwood
2007
Ralph Duvall Sherwood, 86, a retired senior program analyst with the Internal  Revenue Service, died Nov. 10 of cardiovascular disease at Suburban Hospital. He  was a longtime Silver Spring resident.
Born in the District, Mr. Sherwood graduated from  Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1938 and Benjamin Franklin University (now part of George  Washington University) in 1940. In the early 1940s, he worked briefly for the  Palais Royal department store and for the Labor Department. During World War II,  he was in the Army Air Forces, stationed in London.
After the war, he joined the Internal Revenue Service and worked for 28 years  as an accountant, auditor, systems analyst and senior program analyst. After his  retirement in 1973, he divided his time between Silver Spring and Hallandale,  Fla. He enjoyed golf, reading and sports.
His first wife, Helen Sherwood, died in 1977.
Survivors include his wife of 19 years, Laura Scaffidi of Silver Spring; and  two daughters from his first marriage, Susan Sherwood of Gaithersburg and Janet  Sherwood of Midland, Mich.