intelligence analyst, died Nov. 11 at the Goodwin House assisted living
community in Alexandria. He had complications from a stroke.
Mr. Hostie was a 70-year Washington area resident, living in the District
and Alexandria.
At the State Department, where Mr. Hostie began working in 1957, he
became a specialist in matters relating to France, Belgium, Luxembourg and
the Netherlands.
Jan Frans Hostie was born in Strasbourg, France. In 1940, he moved to
Washington and later anglicized his name. He graduated from Woodrow
Wilson High School in 1944.
After two years in the Army, he graduated from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign and later received a master's degree from Ohio State
University.
His marriages to Emilienne Bulger and Fanny Le Jemtel ended in divorce.
Survivors include two daughters from his first marriage, Deborah Sparks of
Chandler, Ariz., and Valerie Darcy of Los Gatos, Calif.; a daughter from his
second marriage, Margot O'Leary of Missoula, Mont.; and four
grandchildren.
- Timothy R. Smith