Person:Edward Hall (115)

MUNROE FALLS - Edward J. Hall Jr., age 83, of Munroe Falls, died on Friday, February 15, 2019 at Mulberry Gardens Memory Care.

Edward was born March 31, 1935 in Boston, MA to Edward and Marguerite (Phelps) Hall. He was a member of the United Church of Christ Kent. He grew up visiting Lake Winnipesaukee and after marriage visiting Lake Champlain. Edward was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was stationed in Europe. He was a Professor Emeritus at Kent State University. Edward was a member of the Garden Club of Kent and enjoyed History and classical music. He was very intelligent and loved to read and write.
Edward is survived by his wife of 52 years, Margaret Hall; daughter, Valerie (Mark) Arredondo of Stow; grandchildren, Emily, Jeremy, Katelyn, Cameron and Alexander Arredondo; brother, Winthrop (Sandy) Hall of Acton, MA; nieces, Carolyn (Greg) Finlay and Meredith Hall. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward Hall and Marguerite Hall.
Memorial service will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, February 23, 2019, at the Kent United Church of Christ with Rev. Amy Gopp officiating. Memorials may be made to Charity of Donor’s Choice. Bissler & Sons Funeral Home are handling the arrangements. (RC, 2/17/19)
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Ed and Peg Hall
The second largest collection of maps in the nation is housed at Kent State University, due in part to retired map librarian Edward J. Hall’s love of maps and his keen skill for trading. To ensure that future generations know how to read and understand maps (rather than just following the voice of their GPS), Hall and his wife, Peg, funded a gift annuity, which at maturity, will benefit the Kent State University Map Library.
"We're grateful that Kent State provided me with a livelihood for 30 years," says Hall. "A gift annuity lets us do something for the university while getting something back."
While at Kent State, Hall maintained and grew the huge map collection, trading duplicate maps with other cities and libraries for ones that complimented the collection. He now serves on the University Libraries Advisory Council.
To learn more about how a gift annuity can pay you now and benefit Kent State in the future, call 330-672-1000 or email the Center for Gift and Estate Planning at [email protected].

KSU Collections—Map Library
McGilvrey Hall
If you want to find out where to land a lunar module, which households in southwestern Finland were dependent on fishing in 1945, or what types of soil are in Portage County, you could search the internet—but it might be easier (and more fun) to explore Kent State’s Map Library.
It’s the center for cartographic and geospatial resources that students, faculty and community members use for research, education and recreation. Housing more than 270,000 maps, 2,000 atlases, 350 gazetteers, 500 reference books, and various CD-ROMs, the Map Library has international reference materials in paper and electronic formats. (See a sampling of its resources below.)
Located on the fourth floor of McGilvrey Hall, the collection is close to the geology and geography departments that often use it—and is so heavy the floor had to be reinforced to hold its weight. The library includes GIS (geographic information system) data and a workstation with ArcGIS software, plus scanning and printing services.
Part of the Federal Depository Library program, it receives recently published maps of the United States Geological Survey and other United States government agencies.
The library traces its official beginning to 1945, when it was approved as a depository for more than 25,000 publications, maps, pamphlets and other property of the Army Map Service.
To expand the collection, Ed Hall (who came to Kent State in 1973 and retired as map librarian in 1995) traded duplicate maps with other cities and libraries. When the Library of Congress needed to find space, Hall obtained their original duplicates of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Ohio, 1884 to 1954.
The historic maps give a unique glimpse into how cities develop and are used by architects, planners and historians, among others, says current map librarian, Michael Hawkins. “We have the largest and most complete set of Ohio maps outside the Library of Congress.”
Learn more at www.library.kent.edu/map-library. To ask questions or make an appointment, call 330-672-2017 or email map librarian Michael Hawkins at [email protected].

United States Census, 1940





Name: E James Hall
Titles and Terms: Jr
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Ward 6, Melrose, Melrose City, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 5
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1935
Last Place of Residence: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Edward J Hall Head Male 41 Connecticut
Marguerite Hall Wife Female 32 Massachusetts
E James Hall Son Male 5 Massachusetts
Winthrop Hall Son Male 2 Massachusetts