Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Hall, William B. 1930 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Hanson ihansonb@fmtc.com April 2, 2006, 3:36 pm The Payette Independent 7-10-1930 The Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, July 10, 1930 WILLIAM HALL TAKES OWN LIFE WELL KNOWN OREGON SLOPE RANCHER HANGED HIMSELF TO RAFTERS OF HIS BARN TUESDAY NIGHT A sad and thoroughly unaccountable tragedy left Mrs. William B. Hall a widow and her three children fatherless Tuesday night. The father, a rancher on the Oregon Slope, took his own life. When Mrs. Hall, who had been working hard all day and was tired, and her children retired, Mr. Hall was reading the daily paper and listening in on the radio. He, too, had been very busy in haying and had done a big days work, but said he wanted to finish the paper before going to bed. He was in apparent good spirits and was a man who was not apt to worry, taking everything, including hard work, which he seemed to enjoy, in a happy frame of mind. Mrs. Hall fell asleep and had slept some time when she awakened and missed her husband. She called and when he did not answer she started out to look for him. It had been his custom to take his nightshirt and hang it on a post near the irrigation ditch while he took a plunge before going to bed. This she found, but his slippers and clothing were not there. Becoming alarmed she went to the nearby home of his uncle, J.E. Ball, and aroused Mr. Ball. They returned and resumed the search and found his body hanging to the rafters of the barn. As the family had been a happy one and he was devoted to his wife and children, and as his financial condition was such that he need not worry, the conclusion is that he may have become overheated during the hot afternoon in the hayfield and that something suddenly snapped and he lost his mind. There is another possible reason for the rash act. His twin brother, Willard, to whom he was devoted, died about a year ago and at the time his grief was terrible. For weeks he wept almost every night and the loss affected him very much. When his brother went to war and he was rejected by the medical board he was not himself until Willard returned. This loss may have affected him more than his family knew. William B. Hall was born as Kendrick, Idaho, February 28, 1893, and died July 8, 1930, at the age of 37 years, 4 month and 10 days. He came to this section with his brother, and they homesteaded land on the Oregon side about 15 years ago. He was married to Elsie Noble, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Nodle, June 8, 1918. To this union was born three children, Wilma, 11; Eldon, 7; and Beverly 4. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Hall, who moved to Arlington, Washington, also survive and he leaves three brothers and three sisters, all living in the state of Washington. Funeral services were held in abeyance pending the arrival of relatives, but have been set for Friday morning at 10 o'clock at the church of God, of which he was a member. They will be conducted by Rev. Farnham, and interment will take place at Riverside cemetery. Mrs. Hall and her children have the profound sympathy of everybody in this sad hour. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/obits/h/hall1692gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb