OBIT: William Martin HALL, 1955, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Alan Saltsman Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ________________________________________________ WILLIAM MARTIN HALL William Martin Hall of 1706 Washington Street, Huntingdon, passed away Wednesday, July 27, 1955 at 3:45 p.m. at the J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon after an illness of several weeks. The deceased was born January 3, 1875 in Huntingdon, a son of Jacob and Minnie (Zilius) Hall. He was united in marriage to Minnie Tomlinson April 26, 1900. She preceded him in death February 25, 1953. Hall was a member of the Fifteenth Street United Methodist Church in Huntingdon, the Men's Bible Class of the church, the POS of A of Huntingdon and the Railroad Brotherhood. He was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company until his retirement in 1942. One son, Charles Hall of Huntingdon, and one daughter, Miss Ruth Hall, at home survive. He is also survived by one grandson, one great- granddaughter and the following sisters: Mrs. Margaret Goodman, of Altoona, Mrs. L. A. Burris and Mrs. Harry Doede of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Elsie Kylor, Mrs. Harry Minsker, Mrs. Andrew States and Mrs. Cloyd Foster, all of Huntingdon. Three brothers and one sister preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 30, at 2 p.m. in the Green funeral home in Huntingdon. The Rev. Rollin H. Taylor, his pastor, will officiate and burial will be made in Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. on Friday until the hour of service. Huntingdon Daily News, Thursday, July 28, 1955 Transcriber's Note: William Martin HALL was the 2nd child of 12 children of Jacob and Wilhelmina "Minnie" (ZILIUS) HALL of Huntingdon who were both born in Wurttemberg, Germany. It is obvious to me that he named his son after his younger brother Charley whom William saw killed in a railroad accident when both of them were brakemen for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 1908. For more information on this, read the obituary of William's brother Charles.