Obituaries

At the time of her death, she was leading a group of contemporary quilters who were creating quilts for donation to Walter Reed Army Medical Center's Hematology and Oncology Infusion Center and Ward. The project is expected to be completed in November.

Mrs. House was born in Evanston Ill., and as a young child moved to Orinda, Calif.

She graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in nursing and worked in that field.

She married in 1962, and during her husband's Navy career, they traveled extensively to the Far East, Hawaii, Philadelphia and Maine. She also lived in Japan and the Philippines, where she worked as a fabric buyer for the Navy Exchange.

She lived in the Washington area from 1981 to 1984 and settled in Northern Virginia in 1991.

She was an avid golfer, participated in theater as an actress and director, was active in military wives' clubs and taught Japanese flower arranging, or ikebana .

Survivors include her husband, retired Navy Capt. Steven House of Annandale; three children, Dr. Michael House of Belmont, Mass., Sarah O'Brien of Burke and Adam House of Montclair, N.J.; and seven grandchildren.

Pauline A. LipsitzHomemaker

Pauline A. Lipsitz, 86, a homemaker who overcame diabetes and blindness, died Aug. 9 of renal failure and complications from a fall. She lived in Silver Spring.

Mrs. Lipsitz, was born in Lawrence, Mass., and her diabetes was diagnosed when she was 4. An early patient of Elliott P. Joslin, a pioneer in the treatment of the disease, she began receiving insulin in 1924. She handled her insulin injections so well that she became a regular presence at Joslin's hospital and taught other children how to administer their shots.

She was married in 1942. She moved to Washington during World War II when her husband was assigned to the Pentagon. Mrs. Lipsitz took a job as a bookkeeper at Castleberg's Jewelers.

In 1945, while crossing a street after work, she suffered detached retinas and lost her eyesight permanently.

She later gave birth to two children and cared for her family at home. In spite of her handicap, she continued to prepare meals at home and was considered an excellent cook. She would reach into a sizzling skillet with her fingers to determine by touch when food, such as her signature meatballs, was done.