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2009
Jessie C. Dickens, 91, a biology lecturer at George Washington University from the late 1960s until the late 1980s, died Aug. 9 at her
home in Arlington of congestive heart
She was born Jessie Carleton Calver in Charleston, S.C., and moved to Washington when she was 6. She was a 1934 graduate of
Western High School. She received a bachelor's degree in 1938 and master's degree in the late 1960s, both in biology from George
Washington University.
During retirement, she volunteered as a docent at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, assisting in the bird
and insect divisions. She was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Arlington.
Her husband of 48 years, retired Navy Capt. Paul F. Dickens Jr., died in 1990.
Survivors include three children, Paul F. Dickens III of Burke, Susan Willner of Alexandria and Katherine Kareus of Fort Smith, Ark.; a
sister; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
-- Lauren Wiseman
Jessie C. Dickens, 91, a biology lecturer at George Washington University from the late 1960s until the late 1980s, died Aug. 9 at her
home in Arlington of congestive heart
She was born Jessie Carleton Calver in Charleston, S.C., and moved to Washington when she was 6. She was a 1934 graduate of
Western High School. She received a bachelor's degree in 1938 and master's degree in the late 1960s, both in biology from George
Washington University.
During retirement, she volunteered as a docent at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, assisting in the bird
and insect divisions. She was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Arlington.
Her husband of 48 years, retired Navy Capt. Paul F. Dickens Jr., died in 1990.
Survivors include three children, Paul F. Dickens III of Burke, Susan Willner of Alexandria and Katherine Kareus of Fort Smith, Ark.; a
sister; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
-- Lauren Wiseman