Frances Hall, my maternal grandmother on the left and Bill Hall, my paternal grandfather on the right. This picture was taken at my graduation from Martin Luther Academy, New Ulm, Minnesota.
Frances was born February 21, 1913 in Bowden, Wells County, North Dakota to Fredrick Fuhrman and Christina (Nagel) Fuhrmann who along with Frances' oldest brother, 5 months old at the time, immigrated to North Dakota from Russia in the late 1893. They were also accompanied by several members of the Fuhrmann family. Frances's mother died when Frances was 13 and Frances went to live with her sister Fredricka (Fuhrmann) Holte in Aneta, Nelson County, North Dakota, not far from Cathay.
Frances met her future husband during one of the North Dakota wheat harvests. Bill Hall had come to work for the wheat harvest during the early years of the Dustbowl. They married in Cathay and after the wheat harvest, Bill returned to Iowa with his new wife.
Bill and Francis were married for 55 years and raised 4 children, three boys and a girl. After the children were grown, Frances held several jobs in Castana, Turin and Onawa. In Castana, Iowa, she worked for The Sweet Shoppe and as a cook at the Castana School before becoming a secretary for the school. She also worked for a time as a cook at Bennett Nursing Home in Turin, Iowa and several years as a waitress at the Happy Chef in Onawa, Iowa before retiring in December of 1984.
Frances died July 1, 1987 and was buried July 3, 1987 at Center Cemetery, Castana, Monona County, Iowa.
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