Anita Fern Hall
July 15, 1920 — May 15, 2007
Anita Fern Hall, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on May 15, 2007, at the age of 86.
She was born on July 15, 1920, in Marshall County, Kansas, the daughter of Robert Charles and Hazel Laura (Reno) Neumayer. She was raised in Greenwood County and graduated from Madison High School with the class of 1938. After high school she received normal training and taught school in Ruweda for three years, Tonovay for six years, and then began her teaching career in Eureka. Anita earned a Bachelors degree in Education and a Masters degree in Administration from Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia. After which she became principal of Midwest, Random, and Northside schools. She retired in 1985.
On December 23, 1945, Anita was united in marriage to Wallace Robert Hall in Madison. They made their home in rural Eureka where Wallace was a farmer and rancher. He preceded her in death on January 1, 2001.
Anita was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Eureka, the Retired Teachers Association, the Lioness Club, Extension Unit, Storosis Club, Delta Kappa Gamma Society, was past President of The United Methodist Women, and had received the Teacher, Master, Homemaker Award.
She is survived by two sons, Bennie Hall of Augusta, and Richard Hall of Eureka, two granddaughters, three great-grandsons, one sister, Doris Moore of Kansas City, Missouri, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, and one sister.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., on Friday, May 18, 2007, at Koup Family Funeral Home with Reverend Diana Hill of the First United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
A memorial has been established in her name to the First United Methodist Church. Contributions may be sent in care of the funeral home.
She was born on July 15, 1920, in Marshall County, Kansas, the daughter of Robert Charles and Hazel Laura (Reno) Neumayer. She was raised in Greenwood County and graduated from Madison High School with the class of 1938. After high school she received normal training and taught school in Ruweda for three years, Tonovay for six years, and then began her teaching career in Eureka. Anita earned a Bachelors degree in Education and a Masters degree in Administration from Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia. After which she became principal of Midwest, Random, and Northside schools. She retired in 1985.
On December 23, 1945, Anita was united in marriage to Wallace Robert Hall in Madison. They made their home in rural Eureka where Wallace was a farmer and rancher. He preceded her in death on January 1, 2001.
Anita was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Eureka, the Retired Teachers Association, the Lioness Club, Extension Unit, Storosis Club, Delta Kappa Gamma Society, was past President of The United Methodist Women, and had received the Teacher, Master, Homemaker Award.
She is survived by two sons, Bennie Hall of Augusta, and Richard Hall of Eureka, two granddaughters, three great-grandsons, one sister, Doris Moore of Kansas City, Missouri, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, and one sister.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., on Friday, May 18, 2007, at Koup Family Funeral Home with Reverend Diana Hill of the First United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
A memorial has been established in her name to the First United Methodist Church. Contributions may be sent in care of the funeral home.
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