After 60 years in the abstract office which was founded by his father nearly a century ago Mr. Hall knew the details and history of every "forty". Of every section and township in the county.
Active and keenly interested in his work to the very end, Mr. Hall was stricken ill only 12 days before his death. He was the son of Richard and Abbie Hall, early pioneers of Oconto. He was born in Marinette, his mother having gone there by ox cart in order that she might be attended by Dr. Jonathon Cory Hall, her father-in-law.
Mr. Hall spent his entire life in Oconto. When a very young man he was employed in the Oconto post office. He also worked in the George Beyer land office and was a deputy clerk of court since 1912 until his death. He worked more than 60 years in the abstract office here, and had been its manager since 1917.
On Dec. 17, 1896 he married the former Jane Fitzgerald in Oconto. Five children were born to the couple, all of whom are living. They are Agnes C. Hall, Newark, N. J.; Mrs. Abbie Jane Hood, David E., Harry Al, and George E. Hall, of Oconto. Two grandsons, Richard D. Hall and Richard T. Hood, also survive. His wife preceded him in death many years ago.
Mr. Hall was a member and officer of the First Volunteer company here which was instrumental in building the first armory in Oconto. He was also a former member of Company M. Veterans of that company, and the Spanish American war, were the pall bearers Saturday morning when funeral rites were conducted by the Rev. S. J. Hedelund in St. Mark Episcopal church, of which he was a member. The pall bearers were Charles and Ernest Meyer, Anton Beckman, George Ansorge, Ernest Baldwin and Querin Routheau.
Neighborhood children, to whom Mr. Hall was affectionately known as "Gramp," served as flower girls under the direction of Mrs. C. V. Hicks. They were Judy Hicks, Joanne and Marilyn Zeitler and Joan Elizabeth Rhode. The court house closed Saturday morning in tribute to Mr. Hall's long association there, and the staff attended the funeral in a body, as did the Oconto County Historical society, of which Mr. Hall was a member. He was closely associated with the work of the society and was instrumental in founding the museum in Oconto.
Mr. Hall was a lover of the outdoors, the North Bay Shore was his favorite haunt long before its present development of summer houses.