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Obituary for Hannah Shellenberger Hall Transcribed from The Onawa Weekly Democrat, Onawa, Monona County, Iowa, January 2, 1964.
Hannah Shellenberger Hall. Hannah Shellenberger Hall was born June 25, 1892 at Blencoe and passed from this life at Burgess Memorial hospital Sunday evening, December 22. Death came quietly. She had reached the age of 71 years, five months and 27 days. On February 21 1907, she was united in marriage with Jerry Richard Hall at Onawa. He preceded her in death December 23, 1954. For the past 13 years she had been a resident of Onawa and prior to that had made her home in Castana. She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge of Onawa. She accepted the Christ as her savior and was baptized in the First Christian Church of Onawa on September 13, 1961. Mrs. Hall had been very faithful in the church since becoming a member.
Survivors include her four sons, Samuel R. and William J. of Castana, Clarence of Hubbard, Neb., and James of Redlands, Calif.; six daughters, Mrs. William (Anna Mae) Jenkins of Dexter, Minn., Mrs. Doris Collett and Mrs. Kenneth (Nellie) Rodgers of Onawa, Mrs. Floyd (Betty Jean) Riddle of Mapleton, Mrs. Ernest (June) Sick and Mrs. Jay (Jane) Field of Onawa; 28 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren; a brother, C. R. (Clarence David) Shellenberger of Turner, Ore.; a number of other relatives and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by two sons, Glen and Junior, and a daughter, Margaret.
The funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 24 at the First Christian Church. Rev. Wayne Hall sang "Rock of Ages" and "Beyond the Sunset", accompanied at the organ by Miss Connie Johnson. Casket bearers were Warren and Roger Hall, Ronald Wendte, Emil Rohde, Charles Riddle and Chris Sorenson. Interment was in the Graceland Cemetery at Blencoe with arrangements by the Pearson Funeral Home.
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