| Parents:
Baptized: Education: Marriage: |
Anthony Valentine Stimler Mary Theresa Kampa Godparents were uncle Louis Kampa and a family friend, Della Bronder Grade School: Foley, Benton, Minnesota High School: Foley, MN [through 10th grade] Donald Alphonse Hall September 14, 1936 Foley, Benton, Minnesota Witnesses were George Hall (Don's brother) and Leona Stimler |
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| Children: | Judith Ann | Apr. 8, 1937 | † Nov. 18, 1995 |
| Joseph Anthony | Dec. 27, 1938 | ||
| Terrence Donald | Oct. 3, 1946 | † Sept. 8, 2008 | |
| Teresa Marye | June 10, 1954 | † Nov. 5, 2010 |
| Vocation:
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Housewife. Worked in the Hall Mercantile in Foley some in high school. When her husband, Don, was overseas during WWII she worked there again. After the kids were long out of the house, she and Don both worked at International Products, a packaging company in Omaha. |
| Notes: | In the April 22, 1930 federal census, Ann was 11 years old and living with her parents and six siblings in Foley, |
| Minnesota. Her
parents owned their home which was valued at $3,000 and the
family had a radio.
At the time of the April 11, 1940 U.S. Census, Ann was 21 years old and living with her husband Donald and their two young children, Judith Ann and Joseph, in Foley Village, Benton, Minnesota in a home they rented for $20/month. Donald was employed as the Editor and Manager of a weekly newspaper; he worked 60 hours a week for 52 weeks in 1939, earning $1,080. Anne was employed as a reporter at the same weekly newspaper, working 10 hours a week for 13 weeks in 1939 and earning $180. Ann stated that she had completed high school through the 10th grade, and that Donald was a high school graduate. Lodging with the Hall family was Edwin Winkleman, age 21, a high school graduate who was employed as a linotype operator at the newspaper. He worked 54 hours a week for 52 weeks in 1939, earning $720. Donald and Ann had been living in the same place in April 1935, but Edwin had lived elsewhere in Benton County at that time. Ann loved to play cards. She was very active in the Catholic Church and the Altar Society. Ann lived in Foley, Omaha, St. Cloud, Corpus Christi, Texas (for 3 months right before Don went overseas), Fairfield Bay, Arkansas and at the end of her life she resided in Omaha, Nebraska. She loved chicken -- all kinds, but especially fried. Ann loved babies. Her grandchildren all called her "Mema," and all the kids always looked forward to "Mema Kisses" when they saw her. Dick Kampa reminisces on the Hall family: "Our family lived in Omaha right after WWII and would get together with the Halls for dinner now and then. Ann and my dad were cousins. Later as a teen I too became a ham radio operator and might have gotten the inspiration from seeing Don Hall talk to other hams on his radio. Terry must have been a toddler then. Joe and I were just a year apart - I was 7 and he was 8 years old - and we got along well. Judy was older and I just remember her as a nice older sister. Ann's hearty laugh was just like that of my aunt Pauline Robinson. Seems like that was an inherited characteristic which my dad shared, he could work up a good guffaw when he found something funny or silly" (from a Sept. 15, 2008 e-mail). |
| Ancestry: | The Balder Line |
| The Thomas Foley Line [through marriage] | |
| The Nicholas Hall Line [through marriage] | |
| The Franz Kampa Line | |
| The Stimmler/Stimler Line |
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Bailey's Studio, Foley, MN |
Wedding Day, Sept. 14, 1936 |
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