Smyrna times., 1928-09-12
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
Lieut.. John Henry HOffecker Hall,
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey P.Hall
Buried in Smyrna on Saturday

hlSuts JoiLI IltIiTy uOHtCheF man,
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey P.Hall
Buried in Smyrna on Saturday
Lieutenant John Henry Hoffecker
Hall, U. S. A., aged 80 years, son Of
State Senator and Mrs. Hervey P.
Hall Of Smyrna, died Wednesday
noon in the Walter Reed Hospital,
Washington, d. c., following an op-
Grafton for abscess on the lung. Mrs.
Hall was with her son when he died,
and Senator Hall, summoned by tele-
gram, was on his way, but the young
officer died before he could reach
there. He was an only child. Lieu
tenant Hall had been i'll since last
November when he was stricken with
double pneumonia while stationed at
Fort Sill, Oklahoma. This pnue-
monia attack left him with an alb
scessed lung. Last January he was
ordered to the base hospital at San
Antonio, Texas, and despite the medi-
cal treatment, did not improve. Late
in June he was transferred to the
Walter Reed Hospital at Washington,
D. c., where DR.. Keller, a specialist
on lung diseases, gave Lieut.. Halls
case his personal attention. Two OPP
erations had taken place and third
had just been performed when the
young officer collapsed and died. The
announcement Of his death was re-
ceived with sorrow, not only by his
relatives and friends in Smyrna, but
by his many friends in the service
Lieut.. Hall was born and raised in
Smyrna and attended the Smyrna
Schools. During the World War he
enlisted in the army and was station
ed at Camp Mead and other encamp-
ments. Later he received an appoint
ment thru the late United States
Senator Fl. a. DUPONT and passed his
examinations for entrance to West |
Point Military Academy. He grad |
uated in 1920. After his graduation
he was ordered to Fort Sill and be- /
came the private secretary Of General |
Irwin who took such a liking to him /
that he was continued in his secretar-
al capacity for six years and was to
have gone to the Panama Canal Zone
when General Irwin was transferred
Dut his health would not permit. The
place, however, was held open for
Lieut.. Hall if he had recovered. IA
toung man Of fine personality, clean
fine military record and a
promising future, his death il deeply
nourned. His body was brought
,ver from Washington Friday even
NJ, accompanied by Lieut.. Wafford,
! West Point Classmate, now station
.d at Fort Meyer. Funeral services
we're held Saturday afternoon in
harge Of Rev. R. X. Stephenson DID,,
pastor Of Asbury M. f. Church.
Members Of the David 9. Harrison
Post, American Legion, in body, at
ended the services. Two guards Of
ionor' stood at the casket and the
-egionnaires marched with the fun
ral cortege to Glenwood Cemetery
Vhere funeral services were continued
i the grave ending with "taps." The
uneral was large, the flowers were
eautiful and many gathered to pay
heir last tribute Of respect. Besides
-4' bEArafCh pdA Lieut.. nan Is
urvived BY his grandmother, Mrs.
ohm Henry Hoffecker, his uncle Mr..
Walter O. Hoffecker Of Smyrna, and
il aunt, Mrs. J. Harry HURT, Jr., Of
.idley Park, Pa.
irs. Mary f. Moore Dies at Kenton
Mrs. Mary E. Moore, aged So years,
led at her home in Kenton at ten
clock on Wednesday evening. Death
'as caused by a complication of dis :
ases. The funeral services were
ED on Saturday afternoon at two
clock in the Kenton NJ. E. Church
18th interment at Lakeside cemetery,
over. Rev. William Cantwell, Of |
heswold, had charge of the services. f
he deceased is survived by two sons
AIRY w. Moore, of Charlotte, N. c., G
nd William B. Moore, of Richmond, s
a., and one daughter, Mrs. Louisa n
olita Lloyd, of Kenton. Q