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- Walter R. Hall, former esteemed and widely known Tipton resident, commercial agent for the Rock Island railroad, died at his home at 208 Park Court, S.E. Cedar Rapids, at 2:00 p.m. Saturday. Mr. Hall was born April 28, 1886 in Oregon. He came to Iowa when a boy and spent his youth in Cedar County. In 1883, he became associated with the railroad and held various railroad assignments before locating in Cedar Rapids in 1920.
He was married Nov. 16, 1886, at Tipton to Ida R. Dickinson. He was a member of St. Paul's Methodist church, Mizpah Masonic Lodge No. 639, Iowa Consistory No. 2, El Kahir Shrine and the Shrine Band. The Rock Island 25-year club was named in his honor.
Mr. Hall received his education in the Tipton schools. During the years the family resided in Tipton they made a host of friends who extend sincere sympathy in the hour of bereavement.
Surviving are his wife, Ida R.; also a daughter, Mrs. Charles W. Walser, and a grandson, Richard H. Walser, all of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Funeral services were held at the Turner funeral home in Cedar Rapids, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with interment in the Cedar Memorial cemetery near Cedar Rapids.
Tipton Advertiser: 1936
1920 Census Waterloo Ward 1, Black Hawk, Iowa, Walter R Hall, 53, Or PA OH; Ida R., 51, IL OH IL; Grace L Walser, IA, daughter, 32, Charles W. Walser 33, IA, son in law; Hall R Walser, 12, grandson; Martilla Dickenson, 79, mother in law, IL TN KY, widow.
1925 Ia State Census, Linn Co., Cedar Rapids, Walter R Hall, 58, OR, son of Lydia Dickinson & William G. Hall; Ida R., 56, daughter of Gaius H Dickenson & Martilla Mcpeak; Charles W Walser, 37, son in law, son of Ella Eichenberger and Andrew Walser; Grace Walser, 37, wife of Charles, daughter of Ida R Dickenson and Walter R. Hall; Hall Walser, 17, son of Grace Hall and Charles Walser.
Note: Walter's father William may have been a son of Richard and Amanda Hall; 1970 Census, IA, Cedar, Center, Richard Hall, VA, 59, farmer, Amanda, PA, 60; Lydia, 30, OH; Walter, 4, OR.
Also 1960 Census, Center, Cedar, Iowa, Richard Hall, 49, VA, Amanda, Hall, 49, PA, Charles Hall, 22, IN, William G., 20, IN.
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1866 - 1936 (69 years)
