2006
Maurice F. Bresnahan, 89, who retired as acting deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, died Oct. 29 at Brighton
Gardens in Richmond. He had Alzheimer's disease.
Mr. Bresnahan, nicknamed Budd, was born in Washington. He graduated from McKinley High School and Wilson Teachers
College, where he was editor of the school newspaper at both.
He was a sergeant in the 8th Armored Division of the Army and served as radio operator in the European theater during World
War II.
After the war, Mr. Bresnahan, who had trained as a geography teacher, began working for the federal government in the
Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. He served there 42 years, rising to acting deputy commissioner. He retired in
1979.
Mr. Bresnahan was active in several groups, including the Knights of Columbus, Falls Church Democratic Society (where he
was a chief poll worker), Catholic Charities and the Catholic War Veterans. He also was a founding member of the Espionage
Society. He was a member of the St. James Catholic Church in Falls Church, where he served as lector, eucharistic minister
and usher.
A Falls Church resident for the past 50 years, Mr. Bresnahan and his wife moved to the Richmond area two months ago.
Survivors include his wife, Nancy F. Bresnahan, whom he married in 1937, of Richmond; four children, Timothy Bresnahan of
Stanford, Calif., Mary Kate Hohmann of Mechanicsville, Tess Bresnahan of Leesburg and Bea Cracknell of Richmond; and five
grandchildren.