ROGER BLOCK

ROGER WOLCOTT BLOCK  
Died at his home in Northwest Washington, DC on Thursday, November 3, 2016 after a long illness. Roger W. Block was born at Columbia Hospital for Women in the district on September 23, 1932 to Leonard and Elizabeth Turner Block. He was a third generation native and resident of Washington, DC. Mr. Block attended the Oyster School and graduated from St. Albans School in 1951. After St. Albans he attended Dartmouth College before joining the U.S. Navy in 1952. He served aboard the USS Coral Sea in Europe until 1956. After the Navy, he returned to Washington and attended the Georgetown University School of Foreign Affairs and graduated in 1958. In 1957 he married his high school sweetheart, Miriam Fulton Block and began a long career in Real Estate. He was an executive at the BF Saul Company for 25 years and after retirement in 1989, he founded Block Properties, a management company he ran until 2004.Mr. Block's community service in Washington included long stints on the Board of Columbia Hospital for Women (and served as President of the Board in 198), as a trustee of the National Cathedral Association, on the vestry of St. Margarets Episcopal Church in Washington and on the board of Sibley Hospital. He was a member of the Order of St. John and the Metropolitan Club of Washington. Mr. Block was a life-long summer resident of the village of Siasconset on the island of Nantucket and supported numerous island organizations including serving as President of the Siasconset Casino and on the vestry of the Siasconset Union Chapel. He was a member of the Sankaty Head Golf and Beach Club and the Wharf Rat Club.Mr. Block was married for 56 years to Miriam Fulton Block, who was the principal of the primary grades for the Norwood School in Bethesda, MD. Mrs. Block died in 2014. He is survived by two children, Elizabeth Block of Washington and Jonathan Block of Muir Beach, CA; daughter-in-law, Destin Block and granddaughter, Maya Joy Miriam Block. Services planned for a later date.