2007
David Fredlund, 73, a cartographer who retired in 1988 after 37 years with the Defense Mapping Agency, died Feb. 9 at his home
in Rockville. He had Parkinson's disease.
At the end of his career, Mr. Fredlund was a program manager assigned to the agency's NATO desk with responsibilities for
international mapping, charting and geodetic surveys.
He received an Outstanding Service Award from the agency.
Mr. Fredlund was born in Washington and grew up there and in Kansas City, Kan. He graduated from Western High School
and George Washington University.
He served in the Coast Guard as a young man, and in 1980, he attended the Air War College in Montgomery, Ala.
He was a Boy Scout master with Rockville troops 447 and 1445 and a volunteer with the American Heart Association.
Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Norma Fredlund of Rockville; two children, Mark Fredlund of Lothian and Chrissy
DeGennaro of Ocean City, N.J.; two brothers; a sister; and four grandchildren.