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- James Joseph O'Kane
Federal Investigator
James Joseph O'Kane, 73, who did investigative work for the U.S. House Appropriations Committee from 1962 to 1992, died April 27 at his home in Burke. He had kidney cancer.
Mr. O'Kane traveled widely for his job, visiting military bases and other facilities to prevent or review abuses of federal appropriations.
He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where he was an accounting graduate of King's College. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean War.
Early in his career, he did investigations for the General Accounting Office in Washington.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Because a son is mentally retarded, Mr. O'Kane became involved in fundraising work for Knights of Virginia Assisting the Retarded and the Northern Virginia Training Center for the mentally retarded.
Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Nancy Brewster O'Kane of Burke; five children, Patrick O'Kane of Burke, Noreen O'Kane of Alexandria, Michael O'Kane of Round Hill, Kathleen Leake of Springfield and Kevin O'Kane of Los Angeles; his mother, Elizabeth Searles of Wilkes-Barre; three sisters; and two granddaughters.
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1932 - 2005 (73 years)