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James R. Hall
He was born on August 4, 1925 in Frankfort, IN to parents Leonard & Marie (Hancock) Hall. He married Pauline G. Schutz on November 29, 1944, and she survives.
James attended schools in Frankfort and later attained his G.E.D. He was a veteran of W.W.II having served in the U.S. Navy stationed in the South Pacific where he piloted and maintained landing craft from 1942-1946. He was born in Frankfort then lived in Mulberry from 1967-2000 moving to Lafayette in 2000. He worked at Rea Magnet Wire for 19 years and retired in 1990. He later drove a rural paper route for the Journal & Courier. He was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church in Lafayette and a former member of the Mulberry Masonic Lodge and the Jefferson O.E.S.
Survivors include his wife of Lafayette, 1 daughter - Cindy A. Merkel ( husband Darrell) of West Lafayette, 1 brother - Ellis Leon Hall of Antioch IN, 5 grandchildren - Babette Erwin, Erica Hall, Christopher Hall, Molly Byrd and Ross Merkel, 4 great-grandchildren - Brandie, Ashley, Madison, and Christopher James.
He was preceded in death by: 1 son - William R. Hall and 1 granddaughter - Jerilyn Hall.
DATE OF SERVICES: February 17, 2009 Tuesday HOUR: 2:00 Pm
PLACE OF SERVICES: Bodine Funeral Home in Mulberry
OFFICIATING MINISTER: Rev. Ross Terry
PLACE OF BURIAL: Fair Haven Cemetery in Mulberry with Military burial rites
CALLING HOURS: 1 hour prior to service PLACE:
MEMORIALS: St. Elizabeth Hospice
James attended schools in Frankfort and later attained his G.E.D. He was a veteran of W.W.II having served in the U.S. Navy stationed in the South Pacific where he piloted and maintained landing craft from 1942-1946. He was born in Frankfort then lived in Mulberry from 1967-2000 moving to Lafayette in 2000. He worked at Rea Magnet Wire for 19 years and retired in 1990. He later drove a rural paper route for the Journal & Courier. He was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church in Lafayette and a former member of the Mulberry Masonic Lodge and the Jefferson O.E.S.
Survivors include his wife of Lafayette, 1 daughter - Cindy A. Merkel ( husband Darrell) of West Lafayette, 1 brother - Ellis Leon Hall of Antioch IN, 5 grandchildren - Babette Erwin, Erica Hall, Christopher Hall, Molly Byrd and Ross Merkel, 4 great-grandchildren - Brandie, Ashley, Madison, and Christopher James.
He was preceded in death by: 1 son - William R. Hall and 1 granddaughter - Jerilyn Hall.
DATE OF SERVICES: February 17, 2009 Tuesday HOUR: 2:00 Pm
PLACE OF SERVICES: Bodine Funeral Home in Mulberry
OFFICIATING MINISTER: Rev. Ross Terry
PLACE OF BURIAL: Fair Haven Cemetery in Mulberry with Military burial rites
CALLING HOURS: 1 hour prior to service PLACE:
MEMORIALS: St. Elizabeth Hospice
August 4, 1925 - February 14, 2009
James R. Hall, 83, of 619 NN. 9th St. Lafayette Indiana died on Saturday, February 14, 2009 at the Indiana Veterans Home.