Joan Walsh Cassedy dies

Joan Walsh Cassedy, a member of the National Press Club since 1994, died Oct. 6. She lived in Bethesda.

Cassedy was a senior associate of Plexar Consulting Group, former associate publisher at King Publishing Group and former president of the American News Women's Club.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Brian, and a brother. She is survived by two daughters, a grandson and nine siblings.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Western Avenue, at Quesada St., NW in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 11 a.m.