RALPH WATSON HALL PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 26, 1991 AT THE HIGH RIVER HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
RALPH WAS BORN AT GLEICHEN, ALBERTA ON OCTOBER 25, 1909. HE WAS RAISED ON THE FARM IN MILO WHERE HE RECEIVED MOST OF HIS SCHOOLING. HE SERVED THREE YEARS IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY WHERE HE COMPLETED A WELDING COURSE AND CONTINUED TO WORK AS A WELDER IN THE SHIPYARDS IN VANCOUVER. HE ALSO SURVIVED SOMETIME IN YORK ISLAND, BC. FOLLOWING HIS DISCHARGE, HE RETURNED TO MILO. IN 1953 HE MARRIED VIENNA AND THEY LIVED ON THE FAMILY FARM. RALPH ALSO WORKED AS A MECHANIC AND WELDER AT THE MILO GARAGE. THEY MOVED INTO TOWN IN 1967 AND RALPH CONTINUED TO WORK AT THE GARAGE UNTIL 1971. IN 1988, RALPH RETIRED FROM FARMING AND THEY MOVED TO HIGH RIVER. HE MOVED TO THE HIGH RIVER NURSING HOME THIS PAST YEAR.
RALPH LOVED TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND THE MANY YEARS ON THE FARM. IN HIS LATER YEARS, HE ENJOYED CAMPING, VISITING AND PLAYING CARDS WITH HIS FRIENDS.
HE WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE B.P.O. ELKS LODGE #21 VULCAN, THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 121 VULCAN.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF VIENNA HALL OF HIGH RIVER, HIS SPECIAL DAUGHTERS RUTH, DENE AND BYRLA, A BROTHER ERNIE AND HIS WIFE MILDRED, A SISTER MABEL, A SPECIAL AUNT EVA, FIFTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, TWENTY EIGHT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS IN EASTERN CANADA.
HE WAS PREDECEASE BY HIS MOTHER JANE, FATHER WALLACE AND A SONE EUGENE.
FUNERAL SERVICES SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1991 AT 10 AM AT HIGH RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH, WITH REV. STEPHEN BELMORE OFFICIATING. INTERMENT TO FOLLOW AT MOUNTAIN VIEW MEMORIAL GARDENS, CALGARY.
HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE STEVE HERMAN, RON MARKS, TOM BECKNER, JOE THOMSON, FLOYD HUGHS AND LLEWELLYN HUGHES.
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS WERE GRANDSONS ROD ARMSTRONG, DOUG MCMORRIS, DAVID MCMORRIS, RALPH MCMORRIS, RICK GERRARD AND CLINT ARMSTRONG.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS TO THE ARTHRITIS SOCIETY, BOX 603, VULCAN, AB, T0L 2B0 WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, 403-485-2633.