Obituaries

His wife, Mildred McIntyre Shanks, died in 1992. A son, Richard Francis Shanks, died in 1994.

Survivors include a son, Larry Lee Shanks of Bowie; a brother; two sisters; five grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

Ernst P. HallChemical Engineer

Ernst P. "Ernie" Hall, 81, a retired chemical engineer at the Environmental Protection Agency, died of septic shock Oct. 31 at Hanover Hospital in Hanover, Pa.

Mr. Hall was born in Clarksburg, W.Va., and graduated from West Virginia University in Morgantown. He received a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1954.

He moved to the Washington area in 1966 to work for the Federal Water Quality Administration, which became part of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970. He retired in 1992.

Mr. Hall was a member of the American Chemical Society and a past president of the Northern Virginia React Club, a CB radio organization.

His marriages to Mary Louise Hall, E. Carolyn Hall and Suzette S. Hall ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife, Chivy Renegado Hall of Littletown, Pa.; three children from his first marriage, Ernst Paul Hall Jr. of Baltimore, Barbara A. Hall of Endicott, N.Y., and Sandra H. Earl of New Castle, Pa.; and three grandchildren.

Diane Klinejohn JonesElementary School Teacher

Diane Klinejohn Jones, 68, a Montgomery County elementary school teacher, died of ovarian cancer Nov. 3 at her home in Middletown.

Mrs. Jones taught at Aspen Hill, Lakewood and Stone Hill elementary schools from 1973 to 1998. She loved teaching and was active in the Montgomery County Education Association.

She was born in Baltimore, grew up in Towson, Md., and graduated in 1959 from the University of Maryland, where she was president of her sorority, Gamma Phi Beta. She lived in Derwood until moving to Middletown after her retirement.

Mrs. Jones was a member of Middletown United Methodist Church, Faith Circle, the Mid-Valley Homemakers Club and Rose Hill Garden Club.