The Sterling Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois
June 18, 1948 - Friday, pg 9

ORIN   HALL

Former Sterling Merchant Passes

Orin Hall, 81, former Sterling merchant and resident, passed away Thursday in St. Francis Hospital, Peoria.  The body rests at the Trouth Funeral Home where friends may call.  Funeral rites will be conducted Sunday in the Trouth Funeral Home by the Rev. V. Edward Birch of the ------Street Methodist Church.  Burial will take place in Greenfield Cemetery, New Bedford.

Orin Hall was born February 26, 1861 in New Bedford, the son of James and Martha Hall.  His wife, ---------, preceded him in death,  -----19, 1942.

Mr. Hall operated a grocery store in Sterling for a number of years. He retired 10 years ago and moved to Peoria.  Surviving are one son, Earl of Peoria; one brother, Charles Hall of Wisconsin; one sister, Mrs. Charles Hagen of Princeton, N.J., and one grandson Robert Hall of Peoria.

Mr. Hall was preceded in death by his parents, wife and two sisters.