Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Hall, Vernon E. 1930
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The Payette Independent 3-6-1930
The Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, March 6, 1930
 
DEATH TAKES REV. V. E. HALL FORMER METHODIST PASTOR
 
PASSED AWAY AT LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING AT 5 O'CLOCK OF CEREBRAL 
HEMORRHAGE --FUNERAL SERVICES AT 2:30 TODAY
 
It was with saddened hearts that the people of Payette, particularly members 
of the Methodist church, heard the news of the sudden and untimely death of 
Rev. Vernon E. Hall, for many years the pastor of the Methodist church in this 
city, who passed away at La Grande, Oregon, Monday evening.
 
Rev. Hall was universally loved while here, both as pastor of his church and 
as a citizen.  He was deeply interested in every movement for the uplifting of 
the community, labored hard for the success of the Boy Scouts movement and was 
for a long time secretary of the Kiwanis club.  He was studious and brilliant 
and his sermons were eloquent and overflowed with his love for the Master and 
his solicitude for the spiritual welfare of his fellowmen.  The following 
account of his death and beautiful tribute was written for the La Grande 
Evening Observer by Mabel E. Morton of that city:
 
"Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, 
stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge 
of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned 
to flight the armies of the aliens" - so did the Rev. Vernon E. Hall read his 
text for his morning sermon Sunday, one of a number he had been preaching as 
being especially appropriate to the approaching anniversary of the day of 
Pentecost.  And from that text, with his subject "The Religion That Dares," 
the Methodist pastor preached one of the most gripping, intense and appealing 
sermons he has ever delivered in La Grande - then after leading his people in 
singing the hymn of the church "Oh Jesus, I have promised to serve thee to the 
end," he lifted his hands for the benediction, not the ritualistic benediction 
as has always been his custom, but a tender appeal for protection and 
guidance -- then as the choir was chanting the Old Testament benediction, he 
left his pulpit, and for the last time.
 
Final Sunday Outstanding
Sunday was an outstanding day in the Methodist church -- that was frequently 
remarked at different services.  The day marked the close of the first half of 
the conference year.  In talking to the young men in his Sunday school class, 
a group studying  the Sermon on the Mount, Mr. Hall had seemed to have unusual 
power and the boys had been impressed in a new way.  So it was at Epworth 
League in the evening, and also in his evening informal address, one of a 
series of studies of racial relations.
 
And so, when the word went about town last evening about five o'clock that the 
pastor had passed on, young men who had sat in his classes the day before, 
young men and young women who had studied with him in Epworth League, older 
folks who had listened to his earnest and stirring appeal, were stricken with 
sorrow.  To the young people he had been a leader such as they had never had 
before, he had been their friend, their counselor.  He had yearned for them, 
and worked for the, sacrificed for them, and no doubt his zeal for them, as 
for every department of the church, exhibited in untiring labors were largely 
contributory to the stroke which resulted in his going.
 
Mr. Hall was taken ill shortly after retiring Sunday night.  His condition was 
alarming from the first, and he became unconscious some time before his death 
occurred, at 5 o'clock yesterday evening, a cerebral hemorrhage was the cause 
of his death.
 
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock in the 
church, with Dr. Hamilton, of Boise, in charge.  Interment will take place in 
the Summerville cemetery.  The body is at the Snodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary.
 
Born in Illinois
Vernon Ethelbert Hall was 56 years of age on the 14th of February.  He was 
born at South Elgin, Illinois, February 14, 1874.  His mother moved to Iowa 
when he was a small boy and as his step-father was a Methodist minister, his 
boyhood days were spent in Methodist parsonages in eastern Iowa.  He attended 
Cornell college, Iowa, and later was graduated from Upper Iowa university in 
1898.  The following year he attended the Boston Theological seminary and in 
1899 was admitted to the Upper Iowa conference.  He was a member of this 
conference until 1910 when he to transferred to Montana.  In 1922 he was sent 
to the church at Payette, Idaho, which he served for seven years, coming then 
to La Grande in 1928.
 
He was married to Miss Kate Simonds, October 10, 1900, at Fayette, Iowa.  They 
were the parents of six children, two of whom are deceased.  Charles Vernon 
who died in infancy, and George Simonds who died at the age of 16 years.  The 
surviving four are Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Daniels, of Weiser, Idaho, Ruth 
Margaret, William Edward and Patricia Ann at home.
 
Mr. Hall's devotion to his home and his family was beautiful and was met by 
great affection and loyalty on the part of each member in the home.  He loved 
music and flowers, and his dahlia beds last summer, in which he had many 
choice varieties, some of which he had perfected himself, were a source of 
pride and enjoyment.  Generosity and hospitality were strong characteristics.  
He was a preacher of power and great earnestness, his thinking was logical, 
his attitude toward life was wholesome, he was broad minded in his views and 
considerate of those who did not think as he did.
 
Mr. Hall's only other affiliations outside his church was with the Masonic 
fraternity.  He was raised a Master Mason years ago and was at present 
identified with the blue lodge at Payette, Idaho.
 
A particularly sad feature of the passing of Rev. Hall to the people of 
Payette and southern Idaho is the fact that he was soon to have succeeded Dr. 
Harry Hamilton as district superintendent of this conference and would have 
been with us a great deal.

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