Obituaries

Mr. Hall began teaching science and drawing classes at Gallaudet in 1938 and was named a professor of natural sciences in 1942. He taught biology and science courses until he retired in 1977.

He took his students on field trips to collect specimens and made visual aides to help in his classroom presentations, including filmstrips and home movies demonstrating scientific principles.

Mr. Hall was a member of the National Space Society. He lived in Kensington for years before moving to Wheaton in the 1980s.

His wife of 59 years, Aileen Boutilier Hall, died in 2004.

Survivors include four children, Peter Hall of Wheaton, Stephanie Hall of Takoma Park, Geoffrey Hall of Austin and Jessica Zoe Hall of Silver Spring; and a granddaughter.

-- Matt Schudel

Kathleen Binet FitzpatrickHomemaker, Church Member

Kathleen Binet Fitzpatrick, 88, a homemaker who nearly every day for the past 15 years lunched at the Nordstrom store in Tysons Corner, died of congestive heart failure Feb. 23 at the Hospice of Northern Virginia in Arlington County.

Mrs. Fitzpatrick lived in McLean for the past 50 years and was a member of St. John the Beloved Catholic Church there. She enjoyed walking at Tysons Corners Center and was well-known luncheon guest at the Nordstrom restaurant.

She was born in Edmonton, Alberta, and raised in Seattle. She attended the University of Seattle, then married a naval officer and accompanied him to posts across the country, eventually making their home in McLean.

Mrs. Fitzpatrick was a pianist, composer, artist and, in her youth, an accomplished figure skater.