Joseph F. Vaughan, 88

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Joseph F. Vaughan, formerly of Alexandria, died in Chestertown, Md., on Sunday, March 16, 2008. He was 88.

Born on Oct. 12, 1919, in Lexington, Mass., he was the son of the late Michael J. and Honora Marie (Mullins) Vaughan.

Mr. Vaughan was educated in the public schools of Lexington.

He then went on to earn a bachelor's and master's degrees from Tufts University in 1941 and 1942, and also graduated from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1961.

Mr. Vaughan's military service on the Corps of Military Police included duty at Fort Jay, New York and Europe.

He participated in the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach, Normandy, on June 6, 1944.

Prior to moving to the Eastern Shore, Mr. Vaughan had been on the staff of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce since 1977, retiring in 1991 as its governmental affairs manager.

Most of his working career was with the federal government and included service in the National Archives, the Nation Security Resources Board and the Office of Defense Mobilization Board.

In the latter agency he was staff secretary and executive secretary of the Defense Mobilization Board.

From 1961 to 1975, Mr. Vaughan was with the State Department as coordinator of emergency planning and the National Military Information Disclosure Policy staff.

At the time of his retirement he was chief of the Arms Licensing Division in the Office of Munitions Control

In the 1960s, Mr. Vaughan was vice president of Woodacres (Md.) Citizens Association.

He was also vice president of the Old Town Civic Association and the Old Town Walled Garden Club in Alexandria.

An Alexandrian Kiwanian, he also served on the executive committee of the Alexandria United Way and was a director of the Alexandria Third Century (Scholarship) Corp. and a governor of the Little Theatre in Alexandria.

He held city council appointments to Alexandria's Beatification Commission, the Bicentennial Commission and Industrial Development Authority which he served as secretary for a decade.

Mr. Vaughan was a member of several Washington-area choirs, including St. Patrick's at 10th and G streets N.W., St. Matthew's Cathedral, the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington and St. Mary's in Alexandria.

More recently he sang in the choir of Sacred Heart Church, Chestertown.

He had lived at Heron Point Retirement Community since early 1991 and was a member of the Chestertown Rotary Club.

He was predeceased by his son, William Vaughan.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara (Carson), whom he married in Washington in 1948; a son, Douglas Vaughan of Fairfax County; a sister, Elizabeth Scotney of Lexington; and three grandchildren.

A funeral Mass is scheduled from 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 25, in Sacred Heart Church, Chestertown.

Burial will take place in St. Mary's Cemetery in Alexandria.

Arrangements by Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, 130 Speer Road, Chestertown, MD 21620.