BOMBER MEMORIAL

JAMES STEPHEN "JIM" HALL ~ Class of 1968
August 13, 1949 - December 28, 2013

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James Stephen "Jim" Hall of Bartlett, IL died on December 28, 2013. He was born in Richland to Robert and Mary Lee Hall on August 13, 1949.

He attended Western Washington University where he met his wife of 40 happy years, Pamela Meintzer. After graduation, Jim and Pam moved to Tacoma where he began his teaching career. They moved to Illinois shortly after the birth of their eldest daughter, Melissa, where they remained until his death. The birth of a second daughter, Amanda, and then a son, Zachary, completed their family.

Jim retired from education after 34 years, the majority of them spent at Elmwood Park Middle School. After retirement, he spent his time volunteering extensively for Habitat for Humanity and Fox Valley Hospice, traveling with his wife, and especially found joy in caring for his beloved grandchildren. Jim was loved by many and will be greatly missed.

He was preceded in death by his parents; Robert and Mary Lee Hall.

He is survived by his wife Pamela, children; Melissa (Brad) Rueschaw, Amanda Somerville, and Zachary Hall, his doted-upon grandchildren; Simon, Miles, and Owen, his siblings; Michael Hall, Anne ('69) (Dean) Medford, Thomas (Rebecca) Hall and many nieces and nephews.

Donations can be made to the American Heart Association or Fox Valley Hospice, 200 Whitfield Dr, Geneva, IL 60134.

Memorial arrangements are pending and will be announced.

Published in the Tri-City Herald on January 2, 2014 and in the Chicago Suburban Daily Herald from January 2 to January 3, 2014.

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