Charles A. Wauhop, 76, a communications watch officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, died May 26, 2005 of congestive
heart failure at Burke Health Care Center. He lived in Falls Church.
Mr. Wauhop was born in Ronceverte, W.Va., and moved with his family to Washington in 1946. He graduated from McKinley
Technical High School. After serving in the Army Air Forces in 1946 and 1947, he joined the newly formed CIA.
He served in Japan and Germany and was part of an American security team sent to Israel in 1948, where he was a bodyguard
to David Ben-Gurion, the country's first prime minister. He also participated in the U-2 spy plane project in the late 1950s and
early 1960s. He received commendations from President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger. He retired
in 1978.
Mr. Wauhop coached Little League baseball teams in Falls Church, was president of the Fenwick Park Civic Association and
was an usher at St. Philip Catholic Church in Falls Church.
In retirement, he volunteered for Meals on Wheels, played bridge and pinochle and enjoyed fishing with his sons.
His wife of 39 years, Joan Masin Wauhop, died in 1988.
An infant son, James Masin Wauhop, died in 1952.
Survivors include four children, Gerrie W. Mcgowan of Falls Church, Charles A. Wauhop Jr. of Burke, J. Daniel Wauhop of
Gainesville and Michael A. Wauhop of Virginia Beach; a sister, Barbara Turner of Fairfax City; six grandchildren; and one
great-grandson.