Emily White Zehmer

ZEHMER, Emily White, age 60, formerly of Washington, D.C., died at Alexandria Hospital on February 17, 2009. She was the daughter of the late John G. Zehmer Sr. and Emily Butterworth Zehmer and grew up in McKenney, Va. She graduated with honors from Westhampton College of the University of Richmond and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She earned a Master's Degree in Library Science from the University of Pittsburgh. Emily was employed by the Library of Congress as a senior manuscript cataloguer for 30 years before retirement in 2004. Despite 50 years as a diabetic, she traveled to Europe several times and to many parts of North America. A lifelong Episcopalian, she was a longtime member of St. Monica and St. James Episcopal Church in Washington. Miss Zehmer is survived by two brothers, John G. Zehmer Jr. of Richmond and Dr. Reynoldson B. Zehmer of Alexandria and their wives, respectively, Frances Nimitz Zehmer and Nancy Hardy Zehmer. She was a devoted aunt to four nephews, Reynoldson B. Zehmer Jr., John G. Zehmer III, James D. W. Zehmer, Lewis Hardy Zehmer; a niece, Mary Campbell Zehmer Akers; and a great-nephew, David E. Akers Jr. She is also survived by the Zehmer family friend, Estelle H. Lanier of McKenney. A funeral will be held at St. Monica and St. James Episcopal Church, 222 8th Street, NE, Washington, D.C., on Friday, February 20, at 11 a.m. Burial will be at the Church of the Good Shepherd, McKenney, Va., on Saturday, February 21, at 11 a.m. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Central Virginia Chapter, 3805 Cutshaw Avenue, #212, Richmond, Va. 23230, the Church of the Good Shepherd, c/o L. M. Harrison III, 19915 White Oak Road, McKenney, Va. 23872, or to the Parish of St. Monica and St. James, 222 8th Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20002.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.