The Rev. Robert L. Hall, Jr., a hospital chaplain in Milwaukee, Wis., died Feb. 11 following a heart attack. He was 57.

Fr. Hall was a native of Milwaukee and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and Nashotah House. He was ordained to the diaconate in 1975 and to the priesthood in 1976. He was assistant at St. John's Church, Minneapolis, 1975-77; vicar of St. James', Brewster, WA, 1977-79; vicar of St. Anne's, Omak, and Transfiguration, Twisp, WA, 1977-82; rector of St. James', Sault Ste. Marie, MI, 1982-83; assistant at St. Christopher's, River Hills, WI, 1984-89; and rector of Trinity, Carbondale, PA, 1990-92. At the time of death he was chaplain at Columbia Hospital, Milwaukee. Fr. Hall was a General Convention deputy from the Diocese of Spokane in 1979, communications officer for the Diocese of Milwaukee, 1985-86, and occasional author of articles in TLC. He is survived by his wife, Deborah, his parents, Robert and Jessie Lou Hall, two brothers and five children.