LEON J. BERKOVSKY
A retired general contractor who was a long time resident of Vienna, VA, died February 13, 2011 at the VA Medical Center in Washington, DC. He was 88. He was born on his family farm in South Texas in 1922 and was the eldest of six children. During World War II, he served as an Army Air Force navigator aboard a B-17 that was shot down over Yugoslavia. He was captured and was a prisoner of war for nearly a year. After the war he graduated from the University of Texas in 1949 with a degree in architectural engineering and married Morene Edmondson of Clovis, New Mexico, in 1950. He spent most of his career as an executive with the J.W. Bateson Co., a national construction firm that built federal and military projects all over the U.S. Mr. Berkovsky moved to Vienna in 1972 as Bateson's project manager for the U.S. Labor Department, Howard University Hospital, Children's Hospital, and buildings at George Washington University and the U.S. Naval Academy, among numerous other projects on the East Coast. He later established his own firm, Cardiff Construction Corp., which built several local Baptist churches, Africare House, and a columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery, among other projects. He is survived by his wife, Morene; daughters, Andrea Kelley and Dana Miller; two grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters. His daughter, Kathryn died in 2004 and his brother, Alvin died in 2001. In retirement he was active in the local chapter of American Ex-Prisoners of War. An avid gardener who could grow just about anything, he was a remarkable man who will be sorely missed by those who knew and loved him. Services, 11 a.m., Monday, February 21 at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Vienna, VA. Interment to follow in the church columbarium. Donations in his memory may be made to Habitat for Humanity, Heifer International or Holy Comforter's Memorial Fund.
Published by The Washington Post on Feb. 18, 2011.
A retired general contractor who was a long time resident of Vienna, VA, died February 13, 2011 at the VA Medical Center in Washington, DC. He was 88. He was born on his family farm in South Texas in 1922 and was the eldest of six children. During World War II, he served as an Army Air Force navigator aboard a B-17 that was shot down over Yugoslavia. He was captured and was a prisoner of war for nearly a year. After the war he graduated from the University of Texas in 1949 with a degree in architectural engineering and married Morene Edmondson of Clovis, New Mexico, in 1950. He spent most of his career as an executive with the J.W. Bateson Co., a national construction firm that built federal and military projects all over the U.S. Mr. Berkovsky moved to Vienna in 1972 as Bateson's project manager for the U.S. Labor Department, Howard University Hospital, Children's Hospital, and buildings at George Washington University and the U.S. Naval Academy, among numerous other projects on the East Coast. He later established his own firm, Cardiff Construction Corp., which built several local Baptist churches, Africare House, and a columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery, among other projects. He is survived by his wife, Morene; daughters, Andrea Kelley and Dana Miller; two grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters. His daughter, Kathryn died in 2004 and his brother, Alvin died in 2001. In retirement he was active in the local chapter of American Ex-Prisoners of War. An avid gardener who could grow just about anything, he was a remarkable man who will be sorely missed by those who knew and loved him. Services, 11 a.m., Monday, February 21 at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Vienna, VA. Interment to follow in the church columbarium. Donations in his memory may be made to Habitat for Humanity, Heifer International or Holy Comforter's Memorial Fund.
Published by The Washington Post on Feb. 18, 2011.
LEON J. BERKOVSKY
A retired general contractor who was a long time resident of Vienna, VA, died February 13, 2011 at the VA Medical Center in Washington, DC. He was 88. He was born on his family farm in South Texas in 1922 and was the eldest of six children. During World War II, he served as an Army Air Force navigator aboard a B-17 that was shot down over Yugoslavia. He was captured and was a prisoner of war for nearly a year. After the war he graduated from the University of Texas in 1949 with a degree in architectural engineering and married Morene Edmondson of Clovis, New Mexico, in 1950. He spent most of his career as an executive with the J.W. Bateson Co., a national construction firm that built federal and military projects all over the U.S. Mr. Berkovsky moved to Vienna in 1972 as Bateson's project manager for the U.S. Labor Department, Howard University Hospital, Children's Hospital, and buildings at George Washington University and the U.S. Naval Academy, among numerous other projects on the East Coast. He later established his own firm, Cardiff Construction Corp., which built several local Baptist churches, Africare House, and a columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery, among other projects. He is survived by his wife, Morene; daughters, Andrea Kelley and Dana Miller; two grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters. His daughter, Kathryn died in 2004 and his brother, Alvin died in 2001. In retirement he was active in the local chapter of American Ex-Prisoners of War. An avid gardener who could grow just about anything, he was a remarkable man who will be sorely missed by those who knew and loved him. Services, 11 a.m., Monday, February 21 at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Vienna, VA. Interment to follow in the church columbarium. Donations in his memory may be made to Habitat for Humanity, Heifer International or Holy Comforter's Memorial Fund.
Published by The Washington Post on Feb. 18, 2011.
A retired general contractor who was a long time resident of Vienna, VA, died February 13, 2011 at the VA Medical Center in Washington, DC. He was 88. He was born on his family farm in South Texas in 1922 and was the eldest of six children. During World War II, he served as an Army Air Force navigator aboard a B-17 that was shot down over Yugoslavia. He was captured and was a prisoner of war for nearly a year. After the war he graduated from the University of Texas in 1949 with a degree in architectural engineering and married Morene Edmondson of Clovis, New Mexico, in 1950. He spent most of his career as an executive with the J.W. Bateson Co., a national construction firm that built federal and military projects all over the U.S. Mr. Berkovsky moved to Vienna in 1972 as Bateson's project manager for the U.S. Labor Department, Howard University Hospital, Children's Hospital, and buildings at George Washington University and the U.S. Naval Academy, among numerous other projects on the East Coast. He later established his own firm, Cardiff Construction Corp., which built several local Baptist churches, Africare House, and a columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery, among other projects. He is survived by his wife, Morene; daughters, Andrea Kelley and Dana Miller; two grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters. His daughter, Kathryn died in 2004 and his brother, Alvin died in 2001. In retirement he was active in the local chapter of American Ex-Prisoners of War. An avid gardener who could grow just about anything, he was a remarkable man who will be sorely missed by those who knew and loved him. Services, 11 a.m., Monday, February 21 at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Vienna, VA. Interment to follow in the church columbarium. Donations in his memory may be made to Habitat for Humanity, Heifer International or Holy Comforter's Memorial Fund.
Published by The Washington Post on Feb. 18, 2011.
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