HOLDEN and BANGOR – Walter N. Hall, 94, died Jan. 28, 2012, at a Bangor health care center. He was born Nov. 1, 1917, in Brewer, the son of Robert H. and Mary O. (Frost) Hall.
Walter was a graduate of Brewer High School and served with the U.S. Navy during World War II. He worked as a dry cleaner for many years and owned and operated Brewer Cleaners, South Brewer, for 10 years. After retirement, Walter and Virginia spent winters in Largo, Fla., and summers at the family camp at Beech Hill Pond in Otis. Walter was a member of Isaac E. Clewley Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4917, Brewer; and Ralph J. Pollard Lodge No. 217, AF & AM, Orrington.
Surviving are four children, Ruth-Mary Pooler and her husband, Jim, of Holden, Warren Hall and his wife, Mary, of Green Lake and Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thomas Hall and his wife, Becky, of Corinna and Linda Cook and her husband, Gary, of Bangor; 12 grandchildren, Mark Pooler of Georgia, David Pooler and his wife, Joanie, of Holden, Eric Pooler and his wife, Carolyn, of Glenburn, Sharon Burns and her husband, John, of Hermon, Karen Burns and her husband, James, of Bangor, Warren Hall Jr. and his wife, Lori, of Brewer, Thomas Hall Jr. and his wife, Ginny, of South Carolina, Joel Beal of Hampden, Jeni Gustin and her husband, Lee, of Dexter, Walter Hall and his wife, Kristi, of Bangor, Shonna McCannell and her husband, Shane, of Bradley and Matthew Cook and Kelly of Bangor; and 22 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife of 65 years, Virginia M. (Avery) Hall, in 2002; and by a brother, Robert Hall.
A service honoring Walter’s life will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, at Kiley & Foley Funeral Service, 299 Union St., Bangor, where family and friends may visit from noon until the service begins. The Rev. Carl Schreiber will preside and burial with military honors will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, Brewer, in the spring. For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to the Maine Veterans Home Activities Fund, 44 Hogan Road, Bangor, ME 04401. Condolences to Walter’s family may be offered at
www.kileyandfoley.com.