Paul E "Pete" Hall

Paul Edward "Pete" Hall, one of seven children of Charles Owen and Anna (Grummer) Hall, was born in Imogene, IA on January 15, 1918. Paul attended school at Strahan, IA and graduated in 1934.
Paul was united in marriage to Frances J. House in 1936 and they began farming near Randolph, IA. Later they moved to a farm near Hastings, IA and Paul continued his farming career with Alfred Shaw and Richard Goy. Paul and Frances were blessed with two children, Kenneth and Paulette. The family moved to Malvern, IA where Paul drove a truck for Waller Transfer and later drove a truck for Malvern Milling. In 1960, Paul moved the family to Covina, CA to assume his new job as an acoustical tile installer. He continued his work as the family moved to Petaluma, CA. Paul and Frances were divorced in 1969. At this time, Paul moved to the El Monte, CA area and began working as a chrome plater in a metal fabrication factory.
Paul married Sue Appleberry in 1970. They moved to Bogard, MO in 1982 and Paul retired. He greatly enjoyed his retirement activities of gardening and fishing. Sue passed away in December 1993, and in the spring of 1994, Paul moved to Bellevue, NE to live near his daughter Paulette and her family. Paul remarried in 2000 to Mary Whipple and they made their home in Bellevue. On July 12, 2003, due to bone cancer, Paul moved to the St. Joseph Villa in Omaha, NE. Paul died at the Villa on August 15, 2003 at the age of 85 years and seven months.
Paul was preceded in death by his parents Charles and Anna Hall; son Kenneth Hall; sisters Iola Craig and Louise Shaw, and infant sister Hilda Mae Hall; brothers Edward Hall, Charles Hall, and Robert Hall. He is survived by his wife Mary Hall of Bellevue, NE; daughter Paulette Irwin and husband Roger of Bellevue, NE; four grandchildren and six great grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.