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Betty Turner Ehrle, 81, who was a secretary on Capitol Hill and later at Northern Virginia Community College, died July 6 at Mount Vernon
Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Alexandria. She had Alzheimer's disease.
Mrs. Ehrle, a longtime Alexandria resident, was born Betty Louise Turner in Chattanooga, Tenn. She moved to Washington as a young
woman to live with her brother, Bryant Turner, who was a batting practice pitcher for the original Washington Nationals baseball team.
She graduated from McKinley Technical High School in 1946 and later studied at what is now Strayer University, George Washington
University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School. From 1946 to 1949, she worked for the District's board of education.
In 1950, she joined the congressional staff of Rep. James B. Frazier Jr. (D-Tenn.) and worked on Capitol Hill until 1957, when she resigned
to raise her family.
Mrs. Ehrle returned to the workforce in 1972 and was secretary to the director of continuing education on the Alexandria campus of
Northern Virginia Community College until her retirement in 1995. She received the college's Distinguished Service Award.
She volunteered for the Red Cross, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Air Force Officers' Wives' Club and children's library groups in Alexandria.
She enjoyed gardening and was proud to have voted in every election, national or local, for which she was eligible.
Her marriage to Raymond Ehrle ended in divorce.
Survivors include two children, John Ehrle of Bowie and Richard Ehrle of Fredericksburg; and two grandchildren.
-- Matt Schudel
Betty Turner Ehrle, 81, who was a secretary on Capitol Hill and later at Northern Virginia Community College, died July 6 at Mount Vernon
Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Alexandria. She had Alzheimer's disease.
Mrs. Ehrle, a longtime Alexandria resident, was born Betty Louise Turner in Chattanooga, Tenn. She moved to Washington as a young
woman to live with her brother, Bryant Turner, who was a batting practice pitcher for the original Washington Nationals baseball team.
She graduated from McKinley Technical High School in 1946 and later studied at what is now Strayer University, George Washington
University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School. From 1946 to 1949, she worked for the District's board of education.
In 1950, she joined the congressional staff of Rep. James B. Frazier Jr. (D-Tenn.) and worked on Capitol Hill until 1957, when she resigned
to raise her family.
Mrs. Ehrle returned to the workforce in 1972 and was secretary to the director of continuing education on the Alexandria campus of
Northern Virginia Community College until her retirement in 1995. She received the college's Distinguished Service Award.
She volunteered for the Red Cross, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Air Force Officers' Wives' Club and children's library groups in Alexandria.
She enjoyed gardening and was proud to have voted in every election, national or local, for which she was eligible.
Her marriage to Raymond Ehrle ended in divorce.
Survivors include two children, John Ehrle of Bowie and Richard Ehrle of Fredericksburg; and two grandchildren.
-- Matt Schudel