Hannah Mae (SHELLENBERGER) HALL, my Great Grandmother, was
born June 25, 1892 to Samuel Jefferson SHELLENBERGER and Christiana Anna (NEUSCHWANGER)
SHELLENBERGER in Blencoe, Monona County, Iowa. Hannah was born and raised as a
Mennonite before she was eventually baptized into the First Christian Church of
Onawa, Iowa.
On February 10, 1908 Hannah married Jerry Richard HALL in
Onawa, Monona County, Iowa. They were the parents of 13 children, 6 boys and 7
girls. Hannah died December 22, 1963, nine years after her husband, at the age
of 71 in Onawa, Monona County, Iowa.
Here is the obituary of Hannah (SHELLENBERGER) HALL, as
transcribed from The Onawa Weekly Democrat, Onawa, Monona County, Iowa, January
2, 1964.
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 (Jerry Eugene),
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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