Sally McCarthy KUISEL

Sally McCarthy Kuisel

Sally McCarthy Kuisel, of Washington, D.C., died Saturday morning, Sept. 13, 2008, at her home. She was the daughter of the late Charles Henry and Anna Langhorne McCarthy of Lynchburg.

A graduate of E.C. Glass High School, Stratford College (BA) and Virginia Tech (MA), she recently retired as an archivist at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. She served as a greeter at the Washington National Cathedral and as a volunteer archivist at the National Gallery of Art. A gifted painter, she studied extensively at the Corcoran School of Art.

She is survived by her husband, Dr. Richard Francis Kuisel; two stepchildren, Wade Kuisel and his wife, Lisa, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., and Courtney Kuisel Biondo and her husband, Drew, of Port Jefferson, N.Y.; five step-grandchildren; three brothers and a sister, Richard L. McCarthy and his wife, Virginia, of Lynchburg, William H. McCarthy and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, of Lynchburg, David C. McCarthy and his wife, Deborah, of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Kathleen McCarthy Downs and her husband, Charles, of Glenelg, Md.; and five nieces and nephews, Courtney McCarthy Ramey and her husband, John, of Atlanta, Ga., Sarah McCarthy of Charleston, S.C., Charles Alex McCarthy of New York, N.Y., Thomas McCarthy of Arlington and Anna McCarthy of Harrisonburg.

She was a member of the congregation of the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. A memorial service will be held at the Cathedral in October. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Evington, with the Rev. C. Lloyd Lipscomb, Priest Associate of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Lynchburg, officiating. A short reception will follow.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Washington National Cathedral, Dept. 35, Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues, N.W., Washington, DC 20016.