OBIT: John Howard HALL, 1955, Hartslog Valley, Huntingdon County, PA

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JOHN HOWARD HALL

  John Howard Hall of Huntingdon, R.D 1, well known Hartslog Valley 
farmer, passed away in the Altoona Hospital on Saturday, March 12, 
1955, at 7:10 p.m. He had been a patient in the hospital for two 
months.
  The deceased was born in Huntingdon on July 7, 1892, a son of Jacob 
and Minnie (Zilius) Hall. He was united in marriage to Nora Kyper on 
October 22, 1913, the ceremony being performed at the Fifteenth Street 
United Methodist Church parsonage by the Rev. E McKelvey.
  He was a member of the Fifteenth Street United Methodist Church. He 
belonged to the Men's Bible Class of the Sunday School. He was a past 
master of Hartslog Valley Grange and a former member of the Porter 
Township-Juniata Valley School Board. He served as chief electrician at 
the Huntingdon Specialty Company, but for the past 28 years had been a 
farmer in Hartslog Valley.
  In addition to his wife he is survived by these children: Helen (Mrs. 
Kenneth Houck) and John H. Hall Jr., both of Alexandria, R.D., and Miss 
Martha E. Hall at home. Four grandchildren and a number of nieces and 
nephews also survive along with these sisters and brothers: Mrs. 
Margaret Goodman, of Altoona; William M. Hall, Mrs. A. C. States, Mrs. 
Harry L. Minsker, Mrs. Elsie Kylor, Mrs. Cloyd Foster, all of 
Huntingdon; Mrs. L. A. Burris and Mrs. H. F. Doede, both of Harrisburg. 
Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
  Funeral services will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at 
the Grove funeral home in Alexandria. The Rev. Rollin Taylor will 
officiate and interment will be made in the Alexandria Presbyterian 
Cemetery. Friends will be received at the funeral home until the hour 
for the service.

Huntingdon Daily News, Monday, March 14, 1955