Obituaries of residents from the District, Maryland and Northern Virginia.
Edward Tarchalski, electrical specialist
Edward Tarchalski, 93, who retired in 1994 as electrical standards manager for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, died Jan. 22 at a care center in Silver Spring, Md. The cause was congestive heart failure, said a son, Stanislaw Tarchalski.
Mr. Tarchalski was born in Dawidgrodek, Poland (now Davyd-Haradok, Belarus). According to his family, Soviet soldiers sent him and his family to concentration camps in Siberia for two years during World War II. As an adult, he worked as an electrical specialist in South Africa and New Jersey before joining the trade association in 1977.
