Ollie Willoughby

O. M. Willoughby VIRGINIA BEACH - Ollie Martin "Bunt" Willoughby died Dec. 14, 2009. He was born in Washington, D.C., Dec. 5, 1922, the second surviving son of Malcolm and Mary (Martin) Willoughby. He grew up on the southwest side of Washington and later in Cabin John, Md. He leaves behind his wife of 60 years, Helene (Fenton) Willoughby. He also leaves his brothers, the Rev. Malcolm S. Willoughby, O.P., and Andrew S. Willoughby (wife Theresa); and sisters, Ann Kennelly (husband Clete) and Mary Catherine Robinson. Martin joined the Navy on Dec. 8, 1941, and served as an aviation machinist mate in California, Hawaii, the Aleutian Islands and briefly on aircraft carriers. He worked on torpedo planes, dive bombers and fighter planes. He left the Navy in December 1945 and worked as a quarryman, then a stone mason before joining the fire department in Washington, D.C. He worked in the ambulance as well as fought fires and rose to the rank of lieutenant. After 23 years, he and Helene retired to the Eastern Shore of Virginia. They lived for 15 years in Nassawadox, Va., where he restored a 1905 farmhouse. They later lived near Parksley, Va., for 15 years before moving to Virginia Beach. Helene and Martin have seven children: Frank of Monrovia, Md., Michael and his wife Patricia of River Forest, Ill., Maureen and her husband David Murphy of Cabin John, Md., Kathleen of Frederick, Md., Malcolm and his wife Alisa, also from Monrovia, Christine and her husband Richard Gray of Virginia Beach, and Mark of Adamstown, Md. Martin was a devout Catholic, an avid camper and fisherman and a doting grandfather to his 24 grandchildren. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. and again between 7 and 9 p.m. at the Robert A. Pumphrey Funeral Home, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Inc., 7557 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, Md. There will be a funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 21, at St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church, Bethesda, Md. The burial is scheduled for Gate of Heaven Cemetery. The family would like to express their sincere gratitude to Mary Lou from Home Instead and Eleanor and Nurse Linda from Sentara Hospice Services.