We lost a cousin recently. My family isn't large to begin with and even though this was expected, it saddens me. We lived fairly close to each other and I had alays intended to contact him and introduce him to my husband.
Cousin Luke, as we called him, was a bit of a celebrity in my hometown. He always came home for the huge 4th of July celebration and I'll never forget how impressed I was as a child when this man in full military dress uniform would show up and twirl me around.
When I was in my teens, I took a job making beds at a nursing home one summer and spent a great deal of time with his mother, who was a patient there.I still look back on my visits with her, him gently enocouraging me to play along and let her believe I was Bernice from the Girl Scout Troop in 1929.
Ahh, I digress. In any event, I'd like to share his obituary, copied from the Washington Post. Rest in peace, Cousin Luke! You had an amazing life!
Lucien Capone Jr.Navy Admiral, Consultant
Lucien Capone Jr., 80, a retired Navy admiral and Booz Allen Hamilton vice president, died Sept. 25 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital of complications following open-heart surgery last April.
Mr. Capone, known as Luke, was born in Fall River, Mass., and grew up in Bristol, R.I. He received his undergraduate degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1949. During a 30-year military career, he was commanding officer of three ships, the USS Hammerberg, the USS Dahlgren and the USS Richmond K. Turner. His shore tours of duty included posts as deputy chief of staff and director of the Command and Control Technical Center for the Defense Communications Agency and head of the Inter-American Defense College at Fort McNair.
He completed studies at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., in 1954 and at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1967. He also received a master's degree in business administration from George Washington University in 1967. A recipient of the Legion of Merit and the Joint Service Commendation Medal, he became rear admiral in 1975.
After his retirement from the Navy in 1979, he joined Booz Allen Hamilton as a principal to lead the company's new business development in military command, control and communications. He became vice president in 1983 and senior vice president in 1988. He created the C3 Professional Community, which became a prototype for joint market planning, intellectual capital sharing and networking across teams.
Mr. Capone retired a second time in 1997 but continued to lead the company's senior professional development courses and to take part in staff meetings and market strategy. He also was a jazz pianist.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Charlotte Lammers Capone of...; two children, "Skip" of N.C., and Judith of N.Y.; and four grandchildren.
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