Robert Martin Schwaner, born March 16, 1925, died at Goodwin House, Bailey’s Crossroads, on May 30, 2016. Born in Brooklyn, New York, to George and Mabel Schwaner, he served in the Marines in World War II and the Korean War. He graduated from the New York State Ranger School in 1948, and he received a bachelor’s degree in wood technology from the University of Michigan in 1951. He worked at Forest Products Corporation in Neenah, Wisconsin, and then at the Natick (Mass) Labs for the Department of Defense. In 1967 he joined the General Services Administration in Crystal City, Va., retiring in 1987 as branch chief of the furniture division. A 49-year resident of Alexandria and Falls Church, he served as president of the Virginia Chamber Orchestra for a number of years and volunteered for many years at the Air and Space Museum and at Mount Vernon. He is survived by three children, four grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Marilyn Palm Schwaner, his wife of 62 years, died in 2014. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Virginia Chamber Orchestra: www.virginiachamberorchestra.org.