Marie
Anne (Martel) Hall, 88, wife
of Thomas Hall, died January
2, 2009, at the Blueberry
Healthcare Center, Beverly,
following her long illness.
She was a Washington Street,
Ipswich, resident for over
70 years.
Born in
Ipswich, October 8, 1920,
daughter of the late Arthur
R. and Stella (Trudel)
Martel, she was a 1937
graduate of the Manning High
School. For the next eight
years, she was employed at
Sylvania in Ipswich.
Married
in 1944 in the former St.
Stanislaus Church, the Halls
made their home and raised
their family on Washington
Street.
Mrs. Hall
was devoted to her seven
younger siblings and will be
remembered by them as the
sister who always made their
holidays special.
She was a
longtime communicant and
choir member of St.
Stanislaus Church and a
member of Our Lady of Hope
Parish.
In
addition to her husband of
64 years, she is survived by
two sons, Thomas G. Hall of
Maine and Charles A. Hall of
Ipswich; four daughters,
Jeannine M. Hobbs of Salem,
Anne Hall of Maine, Ramona
Fields and her husband,
Leon, of Detroit, Mich., and
Celeste R. Brady and her
husband, Joseph, of
Billerica; 11 grandchildren;
and 14 great-grandchildren.
She is
also survived by three
brothers, Raymond R. Martel
and Francis Martel, both of
Florida and Henry Martel of
Rochester, N.H.; four
sisters, Alida Marchesio of
Ipswich, Sister Angeline
Martel of Marlborough, and
Marie Emma Chumura and
Stella LaValee, both of
Ipswich.
Her
funeral service will be held
Tuesday, January 6, at 10
a.m. in Whittier-Porter
Funeral Home, 6 High Street,
Ipswich, followed by
interment in Cowles Memorial
Cemetery, Ipswich. Family
and friends are respectfully
welcomed.
In lieu
of flowers, memorial
contributions in her name
may be made to Hospice
of the North Shore, 75
Sylvan Street, Suite B-102,
Danvers, MA 01923