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Sunday, March 21 in Portland, Ore. after a brief illness.
Mr. Hales, known all his life as “Ross,” was born and grew up in Washington, D.C.
He married Carol Marie Sims in November 1941 shortly after being called to active duty as a lieutenant in the Army Coast Artillery.
He did not go overseas, but at war’s end, was an infantry officer in a newly-formed division training for the invasion of Japan. After the war, he attended Catholic University on the GI Bill, earning a degree in civil engineering in 1951.
Mr. Hales worked for a few years for civilian engineering firms before accepting employment with the Department of the Navy.
The Hales lived in Alexandria until he retired in 1972.
Mr. and Mrs. Hales then built their dream home on the foundations of Gibson’s Mill on Hittle’s Mill Stream near Flint Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Hales, both lifelong Episcopalians, were very active in Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington. They moved to Lacey in 1997.
Mr. Hales enjoyed woodworking and made several pieces of furniture that have become family heirlooms. He was deeply interested in the outdoors and introduced his children to sailing, canoeing, and camping at an early age.
One of his most prized possessions was an antique canoe he found along the Potomac River following a major flood in 1936. Over the years, he covered it with fiberglass and converted it to a sailing canoe with a handmade kayak for an outrigger. The family used this rig for numerous camping
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