- John Howe Hall, Jr., 52, died on Thursday, Jan. 21, 1971, in MacDonald Army Hospital, Ft. Eustis, following a long illness.
A native of New York City, Mr. Hall had resided at Ordinary since 1966. He was retired after 17 years service with the United States Army. He was the great-grandson of Dr. Samuel O. Howe, who organized the New England Asylum for the Blind (now Perkins Institute and Massachusetts School for the Blind) and Julia Ward Howe, who wrote "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Grace M. Hall; four step-sons, Robert G. Riddett, Gary A. Riddett, Clifford L. Riddett and Kenneth P. Riddett, all of Ordinary; a brother, David P. Hall of Oxford, N. J.; and three sisters, Mrs. George W. McRory, Jr., of Ashton, Md., Mrs. Henri A. Fluchere of Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y., and Mrs. James T. Kerr of Pleasantville, N. Y.
A military funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of the Hogg Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. William J. Corey, Jr., pastor of Providence Baptist Church, Ordinary.
Burial with full military honors was in Rosewell Memorial Garden, Ordinaty.
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1918 - 1971 (52 years)
