Mamie Hall, 97, formerly of 511 Louise Lane, Beaver Dam, entered eternal life on August 26, 2007 at Linden Ridge, Mukwonago, WI.
Visitation will be at the Murray Funeral Home in Beaver Dam on Tuesday evening from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, with a service at 7:00 PM at the funeral home. Rev. Philip Heyer will officiate. Funeral services will also be held at St. Paul”s Lutheran Church of Holstein, Nebraska on Friday, August 31, 2007 at 11:00 AM. Rev. Harold King will officiate. Visitation will be on Friday at church from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Burial will follow at Roseland Cemetery Roseland, Nebraska.
Mrs. Hall was born on April 21, 1910, in Ottumwa, Iowa, daughter of Reverend and Mrs. Gustav Meyer. She was married to Edward Hall, III, on August 20, 1936 in Merrill, Iowa.
She was a graduate of Westmar Academy and a cum laude graduate of Westmar University, LeMars, Iowa, with BA and BM degrees. Later, she attended the University of Nebraska for her post-graduate work, receiving a Masters of Music Degree. She taught music, English, Latin, and German in the Nebraska high schools for 32 years. In 1973, she and her husband moved to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
She was a private piano and vocal instructor for many years; church organist for 75 years, beginning at age eleven; senior choir director over 50 years; Sunday school teacher and teenage Bible class teacher for 25 years. She and her husband also sponsored a Youth Center in Roseland, Nebraska.
While living in Beaver Dam, Mrs. Hall was an active church member; serving as a Sunday school and teenage Bible class teacher; church organist; senior and junior choir director; and church officer. She was a volunteer for Bethesda Lutheran Home in Watertown, organist for the weekly chapel services at Lakeview, and continued to play for the chapel services including St. Stephens at Hillside Manor. She was a member of St. Stephens Bible class, the Ladies Aid, and the OWLS. The Halls enjoyed traveling. Places of great interest included the Holy Land, Greece, many European countries, Russia, and our beloved USA.
Survivors include one son, Edward IV (Marilyn), Mukwonago, WI; two daughters, Ellen Brookfield, Sonora, CA and Sylvia Hall, Salem, OR; seven grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren; one sister, Ellen Friedrich, Austin, MN, nieces, nephews, and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one son, Dennis in 1984; her husband, Edward in 1988; one grandson, Edward Hall V; one brother, Scott; one son-in-law, Rev. Wallace Brookfield; three brothers-in-law, Ervin and Leland Hall and Rev. Edwin Friedrich; four sisters-in-law, Vivian Bosworth, Hazel and Beulah Hall, and Marvel Mahoney.
“When life is done, and I in death, shall draw one last reluctant breath, You are the One whose face I”ll see, my blessed Lord who died for me.”
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the organ fund of St. Stephen”s Ev. Lutheran Church, Beaver Dam.
The Murray Funeral Home in Beaver Dam is serving the family. 920-885-6600. Online condolences may be made on our website at www.MurrayFH.com.
Service Details
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007, 7:00pm