Hall, Darlene Erickson (1920-2001)

HALL, ERICKSON, HANSON, VON EHWEGEN, MCGUIRE, STEWART, LARSON, BUIE, HARRISON

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 1/27/2022 at 11:30:32

Daily Freeman Journal
Webster City, Iowa
Tuesday, October 23, 2001

Darlene Hall, 81, Stratford, passed away at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames on Oct. 22, 2001 due to heart failure. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Stratford Lutheran Church with Pastor Joe Lambert officiating. Burial will be in the Oakwood Cemetery north of Stratford. Visitation will be at the Stark-Welin Funeral Home in Stratford Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday morning at the church until the service time.

Darlene Erickson, daughter of Erick and Hulda Hanson Erickson, was born Sept. 24, 1920 in Stratford. She was a 1938 graduate of Stratford High School. She married Howard Hall at her parent's home in rural Dayton. She was a homemaker and assisted her husband with the farm operation for 45 years while living on their farm northwest of Stratford. After retiring in 1985, the couple moved to Stratford to make their home. Darlene enjoyed crocheting, gardening and being outdoors, fishing and mushroom hunting.

She was a past Worthy Matron of the Order of Eastern Star Avon Chapter in Stratford and a lifetime member of the Methodist Church in Stratford.

Her parents, husband Howard in November of 1993, one daughter, Carolyn Von Ehwegen in July of this year, and two sisters preceded her in death. Survivors include 4 daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Mike McGuire of Webster City, Ann and Don Stewart of Webster City, Tonya and Phil Larson of Webster City, Mari and Lacy Buie of Stratford; 11 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, two step-great-grandchildren, one sister, Myrna Harrison, Boone; and a son-in-law, Jerry Von Ehwegen of Sioux City.