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Services were held today in Riverdale
Cemetery, Lewiston, for Mrs. Helen Maggs
Fede, 47, of Alexandria, Va., curator of the
Blair House, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Fede, a native of Niagara Falls, died Monday in Northern Virginia Doctors Hospital, Alexandria, after becoming ill Sunday night in her home. She was the wife of Frank J. Fede, an official of the Far Eastern Affairs Section, U.S. Department of Defense. She was the author of "Washington's Furniture," a study of the furnishings at Mt. Vernon. At the time of her death, she had just completed a book tentatively titled "Two Hundred Years of American Costumes." In addition to her husband, she is survived by three daughters and a son; her mother; and a brother. |