Obit of Mary Magdalene (Fortner) Hall (h400) - Payne County, Oklahoma

Submitted: 1/22/2002 by Donavan Hall, donavan@donavanhall.net    1/22/2002
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Below is a transcription of an obituary which appeared in the Stillwater 
News Press in 1965.  
This may be included on the Payne County page. 

Mary Magdalene [Fortner] Hall (1890 - 1965) 
 
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Magdalene [Fortner] Hall, who died 
Monday in her home on Rt. 3 at the age of 75, will be held Thursday at 
10:30 a.m. in the Free Methodist Church, the Rev. Preston Harmon 
officiating. 
 
Burial will be in the Sunset Memorial Cemetery under the direction of 
the Strode Funeral Home. 
 
Mrs. Hall was born in Woodlawn, Kan. Nov. 11, 1890, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Lovell [Lovelace Patterson] Fortner.  She was married to Lester 
[Fayette] Hall Feb. 6, 1915 in 
Stillwater.  The family lived in Isabella and Ponca City before 
returning to Stillwater in 1933. 
 
Mrs. Hall was a member of the Free Methodist Church and the Good Cheer 
Home Demonstration Club. 
 
Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Martin, 
Bethany; two sons, the Rev. [James] Edsel Hall, Woodward, and Forrest 
L. [Lester] Hall, 
San Antonio, Tex.; one brother, J. W. [William ``Bill'' James] Fortner, Custer City; two 
sisters, Mrs. True Hillerman, 416 E. 15th, and Mrs. Eunice Baker, 1423 
Chester; 11 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. 
 
Pallbearers will be grandsons, David [Edsel] Hall, Tim Hall, Forrest L. Hall, 
Danny [Danford Austin] Hall, Eddie Hall, and David 
Martin.
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