Virginia Loryma Wertz
2008
Virginia Loryma 'Ginny'  Wertz, 74, a retired art librarian for the D.C.  Public Library, died April 9 at Sibley Memorial Hospital of congestive heart  failure and complications from a fall. She lived in Washington.
A Washington native, Ms. Wertz was born in the old Sibley Hospital and  graduated from Paul Junior High School and Wilson High School. She worked  for 11 years in the directory division of the C&P Telephone Co. while attending  night school at American University. She received an associate's degree in 1958  and a bachelor's degree in communication in 1961.
Beginning in 1963, she worked at the Chevy Chase branch of the D.C. Public  Library. While pursuing a master's degree in library science at Catholic  University, she worked part time in the arts library of the Kennedy Center,  helping with research on candidates for the Kennedy Center Honors.
After receiving her master's degree in 1983, Ms. Wertz served as the art  librarian at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington.  She retired in 1993.
She had been a member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Chevy Chase since  1961 and was a member of the Eastern Star. She enjoyed the theater, movies and  writing poetry.
Survivors include a brother, Melvin J. Wertz of Washington.
-- Matt Schudel