Hall, Lorene Madelon Quackenbush (1884-1976)

HALL, QUACKENBUSH, BOAK, DESMOND

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 1/2/2015 at 16:13:05

Daily Freeman Journal, Tuesday, August 24, 1976

Mrs. Lorene M.Q. Hall, 91, lifelong Webster City resident, died Monday noon at Crestview Manor where she had been a resident since June 1.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Foster Funeral home with the Rev. Alva Hohl officiating and with burial in the Graceland cemetery.

Lorene Madelon Quackenbush, daughter of John E. and Sarah Ann Boak Quackenbush, was born Oct. 3, 1884, in Webster City where she was reared and educated. She later attended Grinnell college.

On Aug. 16, 1911, she was united in marriage to Dr. Forest F. Hall.

She is survived by one daughter and one son, Mrs. Richard (Mary) Desmond and John O. Hall, both of Webster City; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one daughter, Helen; and her parents.

Mrs. Hall was a member of the United Church of Christ, Congregational and was a past president of the Webster City Women's club and past president of the Women's Association, UCC.