Bert Hall, pioneer citizen of Swan township, nine miles north of this city, passed away last Thursday at the home of daughter, Mrs. Alta Bennett, in Hastings, Nebraska, where he had been the past few weeks. He had been in failing health for some time.
Harry Bertram, only child of Leonidas and Lillian Hall, was born Jan. 15 1871, on a farm three miles from Kirklin, Indiana, where he lived until six years of age, when his parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts, moved by wagon train of six wagons to Red Cloud, Nebraska, taking six weeks time to make the trip. From here they came down into Kansas, each family taking a homestead in German township, Smith county.
He grew to manhood here and on February 16, 1892, he was united in marriage to Pearl Hardesty, whose parents also homesteaded in Swan township in 1880, coming here from Lebanon, Indiana. They located on a farm near his father and lived there nine years, and on other farms near, until thiry one years ago he moved on the farm nine miles forth of Kensington where he lived continuously until December 27, 1937, he went to the home of his eldest daughter, at Hastings, Nebraska, to remain until spring. He contracted flu and not being fully recovered from a serious illness of last July, was unable to combat the disease. All loving care and medical skill was of no avail, and he passed away on February 10, 1938 at the age of 67 years and 26 days.
Five sons and four daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hall. Two sons, Floyd and Frankie, left this earthly home in infancy and his wife on Nov. 24, 1917, following an operation at the hospital in Topeka, Kansas, and his eldest son, Vernon, at Camp Funston on October 12, 1918.
On July 20, 1920, he was again married, to Mrs. Rosa Bonds of Wakeeney, Kansas. She passed away suddenly of heart trouble on Nov. 1, 1933...
He leaves to mourn his departure six children: Mrs. Alta Bennett of Hastings, Nebr., Virgil Hall, Orange, Cal., Lonnie Hall, Kensington, Kans., Mrs. Crystal Nelson and Mrs. Mildred Thomas of Chicago., Ill., and Mrs. Mabel Good, Manhattan, Kansas; seven grandchildren, Vernon, Vivian and Pearl Bennett, Douglas, Eric, Virginia and Darlene Hall; six step-children, Willis Bonds of Reamsville, Mrs. Ellen Kite of Smith Center, Ivan Bonds of Stockton, Cali., Mrs. Ivy Donathan of Enlait, Wash.; he is also survived by an elderly aunt, Mrs. Clara Stover of Kensington, a number of other relatives and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, Feb. 13th...
Burial was made in the Fairview cemetery.
