Obituaries

Paul Harry JaegerConstruction Manager

Paul Harry Jaeger, 47, construction superintendent for Centex Construction Co. for more than five years, died of liver failure Aug. 15 at his home in Arlington.

Mr. Jaeger was born in 1958 in Bayonne, N.J., and grew up in Falls Church. He graduated from George C. Marshall High School in 1976 and attended George Mason University in Fairfax until embarking on a career in construction.

While working for the Washington-based construction company Kora & Williams in the 1980s, Mr. Jaeger was responsible for numerous projects, including the Founders Library at Howard University and the student dorms at George Mason.

In 1986, he founded Professional Construction Management and for 13 years provided construction services throughout the Washington area. He received the Administrator's Award of Merit -- Urban Mass Transportation Administration from the U.S. Department of Transportation in 1989 and was awarded a national finalist certificate in the Engineering Excellence Awards Competition from the American Consulting Engineers Council in 1990.

Active as a community service volunteer, Mr. Jaeger spent 10 years as a docent at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum. His love of history and easygoing nature made him a natural for the post, and he was a favorite of museum visitors, his family said.

He also volunteered in the exhibits department at the museum, and he helped refurbish the model of the Columbia space shuttle. He became an exhibition specialist for the museum in 1999, working on such projects as painting a wall mural of the solar system.

For eight years, Mr. Jaeger volunteered with Goodwill Industries and assisted with its annual book sale.

In 2000, Mr. Jaeger began working for Centex Construction of Fairfax, where he completed a five-year project to build a tunnel under Dulles International Airport.

Mr. Jaeger had many hobbies and interests, including trains and model railroading. He was a charter member of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Historical Society.

Survivors include his wife, Grace Jaeger of Arlington; his mother, June M. Jaeger of Falls Church; and five sisters, Diane Pittman of McLean, Jody Raskind Phillips of Vienna, Susan Jaeger of Fairfax, Cathy Daum of Sterling and Ellen Loszynski of Falls Church.

Judith A. HouseQuilt Artist

Judith A. House, 65, a well-known quilt artist, died of breast and ovarian cancer July 28 at her Annandale home.

Mrs. House began quilting in 1986 as a traditional quilter and eventually became a quilt artist. She taught at the Quilt Patch in Fairfax and lectured on art quilting. Her work was recognized at local and national quilt shows.