Frank O. O'Connor, of NYC and Port Washington, died on Feb. 19, 1999. Father of Laurie Broderick and Richard O'Connor. Grandfather of Conor and Haley. Arrangements were made by the Fairchild Chapel, Manhasset. Funeral Mass at St. Peter of Alcantara RC Church. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Lillian Lomazzo, 65, of Port Washington, died on Feb. 20, 1999. Wife of Kenneth. Sister of Floyd and John Nixon, Katherine Myers, Molly Muller and Clarence Nixon. Aunt of many nieces and nephews. Arrangements were made by the Austin F. Knowles Funeral Home, Port Washington. Funeral service. Interment Nassau Knolls Cemetery, Port Washington.

Charles F. (Eric) Begg II, an FBI agent regarded throughout the Bureau as one of the most successful counterintelligence agents, died of a brain tumor in Boston on Feb. 25, 1999. A resident of Andover, MA, he was 55.

Mr. Begg, named for his father but known as Eric, was born in Boston but raised in Port Washington. He attended local schools and graduated from Paul D. Schreiber High School in 1962. He received his bachelor's degree from C.W. Post College in 1966 and his master's degree in public administration from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in 1980.

After four years as an officer with the US Army's Corps of Engineers, including a year of combat duty in Viet Nam, Eric Begg joined the FBI in 1971. He served in South Carolina, Maryland and California before coming to Boston in 1977. Working in the Boston's division's counterintelligence program, Mr. Begg successfully investigated cases ranging from international Communism and hostile intelligence officers during the height of the Cold War to the movement of terrorists within the US and the theft of biotechnology in more recent years.

Although many of Eric Begg's successes remain highly classified, his contributions span decades, according to FBI officials. They include achievements such as his involvement in the Aldrich Ames espionage case and directing several of the FBI's most successful dougle agent operations, targeting both Cold War adversaries and state sponsors of terrorism.

Begg is also credited by FBI officials with encouraging the relationship between the academic community and federal law enforcement at a time when there was much mistrust between the two. He was acknowledged by scholars and other academics as a critical element in the FBI's Boston division counterintelligence program.

Begg also received many awards and honors from the Bureau and other organizations. He won the Cavanagh Award in 1990, given annually to the Boston division's most valuable agent and letters of commendation from every FBI director under whom he served. In 1997, he became the first FBI agent to receive the CIA's Warren Medallion, and in 1998 the US Attorney's Office in the District of Massachusetts awarded him its Certificate of Appreciation.

In addition to his role as a counterintelligence agent, Eric Begg was a longtime member of the SWAT team, serving as a team leader and participating in numerous high-profile raids and arrests.

Begg's personal interests included running and book-collecting. A committed runner for decades, one of his proudest achievements was his completion of the Boston marathon in just over four hours. His library focused on memoirs and histories of espionage and the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution through the Stalinist era.

Eric Begg leaves Virginia, his wife of 31 years, also raised in Port Washington, and their sons, Eric A. Begg of Philadelphia and Ian G. Begg of Boston. He is survived by Dr. and Mrs. Felix E. Lopez of Port Washington and Dr. and Mrs. Felix M. Lopez of Manhasset, his brother-in-law and father-in law and their wives. He is also survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Russell (Jean Begg) Bellavance of Ambler, PA; his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. "Ted" (Melissa Carson) Begg of Villanova, PA; and seven nieces and nephews.

He was the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. Begg who lived on Bayview Ave. for 35 years and were active in numerous community activities.

Arrangements were made by the Cautadella Funeral Home, Methuen, MA. Funeral Mass on March 2 in Andover. Interment Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester, MA. Memorial contributions can be made to the Brain Tumor Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cox (sic) 315, Boston, MA 02114.