WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Lillian B. Hall, 85, went to be with the Lord Feb. 15, 2013, after a long illness. She was born Dec. 30, 1927, in Corinna, daughter of Ovila Paradis and Mattie (Voisine) Paradis.
Lillian grew up in Maine and moved to Connecticut in her early 20s. There she married her husband, George, Feb. 7, 1953. She loved to tell the story of how they first met and it was love at first sight. They worked in Connecticut until they retired and moved to Maine in 1992. They spent 51 years together until George’s passing in 2002. She then moved to Virginia in 2009 to be with her son and daughter. Lillian worked hard all her life and loved to spend weekends with her family cooking and having fun. She loved to go for rides in the country and sample new foods.
She was predeceased by her husband, George Melvin; son, James; brothers, Andrew, Daniel, Dennis and Edmund; and sisters, Emily Gagnon, Myrtle Spiess, Dora Caron, Sylvia Tozier and Lorraine Robshaw. She will be sadly missed by a brother, Paul of Lincoln; daughter, Becky; and son, John, both of Woodbridge, Va. She also leaves behind four grandchildren, Jessica, George, Dina and Curtis; four great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held in Connecticut at a later date.
“When I come to the end of the road,
and the sun has set before me,
I want no rites in a gloom filled room
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little – but not for long.
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that once we shared.
Miss me, but let me go.
For this is a journey we must all take,
and each must go alone.
It’s all part of the master plan,
a step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick at heart,
go to the friends we know,
Laugh at all the things we used to do.
Miss me, but let me go.”