Katherine O'Hair Streeter

STREETER, Katherine O'Hair, age 80, of Richmond, Va., died September 4, 2008. Kay was widowed four times: the father of her four children was Richard Lee Halpin of Winnetka, Illinois, who died in 1964; the father of her adopted daughter, William Irving Patrick of New Canaan, Conn., died in 1972; Paul Zahner of New Canaan, Conn., who died in 1980; and James Streeter of Richmond, Va., who died in 1999. Kay also buried her son, Richard Lee Halpin II, in Winnetka, Illinois in 1950; and her adopted son, Eric Trumble Patrick, in 1971. She is survived by her four loving daughters, Helen Ann Halpin of Berkeley, Calif., Holly O'Hair Patrick of Stamford, Conn., Betsy Halpin Patrick Flynn of Richmond, Va., and Julie Patrick Mortimer of Huntington Station, N.Y. She was born Katherine Ann O'Hair in San Diego, Calif., on September 11, 1927 to her parents who are both deceased, John Henry O'Hair and Helen Smith O'Hair of Phoenix, Ariz. Her brother, John O'Hair of Phoenix, Ariz., died in 2007; and her sister, Beatrice O'Hair Stephens of Kailua, Hawaii, died in 2008. She is also survived by seven grandchildren, Geneva Halpin Schauffler of Hong Kong, Derek Keyes Schauffler and Kaytlyn Nora Flynn of Albany, Calif., Rachel Ann Hawley of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Samuel Garret Flynn of Richmond, Va., Douglas Richard Hawley of Stamford, Conn., and Andrew Mortimer of Huntington Beach, N.Y. Funeral notice at a later date.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.