Ollie M. Willoughby

WILLOUGHBY O.M. WILLOUGHBY Ollie Martin "Bunt" Willoughby died on December 14, 2009. He was born in Washington, DC on December 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, Reverend 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 December 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, DC. 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, where they lived for 30 years before moving to Virginia Beach, VA. Helene and Martin have seven children, Frank of Monrovia, MD, Michael and his wife, Patricia of River Forest, IL, 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 wake will be at Pumphrey''S Funeral Home, 7557 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD on December 19 from 3 to 5 and from 7 to 9 p.m. The Requiem Mass will be at St. Bartholomew Church on December 21 at 11 a.m., followed by burial at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.