Penny Sue Ottman, 54, a retired Washington area secretary who lived in this area from the mid-1950s until moving to Oregon in 1994, died of brain cancer October 28, 1998 at her home in Baker City, Ore. She worked for Bell Helicopters from 1983 to 1991. Before that, she was a secretary with the Institute for Defense Analyses. Mrs. Ottman, who was born in Colorado, was a former Arlington resident. She was a member of the Sweet Adelines Vienna-Falls Choir when it won an international singing competition in 1988. Her first marriage, to Jerry Broadhurst, ended in divorce, as did her second marriage, to Walter Fuller. Survivors include her husband of 23 years, Richard Ottman; a son by her first marriage, Timothy Broadhurst of Florida; a son by her second marriage, Tom Fuller of New York; two stepdaughters, Katie Jay of Falls Church and Sarah Meiburg of Chantilly; her stepmother, Tommie Capshaw of Olney; a brother, Don Capshaw of Henderson, Nev.; and four grandchildren.

Henrietta Weiss Disenhaus Congregation Member

An old friend remembers Penny Sue:

Penny, her brother, Roy, and I were friends in Vienna, Austria, during the occupation in the early 1950s. They had a beautiful German Shepherd named Princess. What fun it was when Princess had puppies. I was so sorry to see they both had died so young. I was tall for my age. In grade school, Roy was the only boy taller than I was. I remember that Penny had a lovely singing voice. I tried to compete, but didn’t come close. We were both in an operetta called The White Gypsy in around 1954. Those were wonderful innocent years!

Pam (Askin) Muller, Fredericksburg, VA