Betty Ann (Palmer) Hall passed away at Central Washington Hospital in
Wenatchee, WA on July 14, 2016. Betty Ann was born in Harlan, IA on September
1, 1935 to Orville and Jean Palmer. Betty Ann graduated from Walnut High
School in Walnut, IA in 1953. Soon after, Betty Ann moved to Portland, OR,
where she eventually met Eugene “Gene” Hall, the love of her life!
Gene and Betty Ann were married on June 1, 1957. They began their 58 amazing
years together in Vancouver, WA. They started their family there, where Betty
Ann was busy being a housewife and mom to their three young children. They
moved to Wenatchee, WA in 1963, where they made their home for the next 52
years. Betty Ann later went to school, while raising a family, and started a
short career as an LPN. Her true passion though was helping others and she
became very active in numerous community organizations and activities; Girl
Scouts of America, Women’s Softball League and Bowling Leagues (she played for
many years), Salvation Army and Kiwanis. She and Gene also became Sister City
Missawa (ambassadors), as well as hosting students in the Foreign Student
Exchange program. Every Christmas holiday, you could find Betty Ann heavily
involved in the Salvation Army Kettle fundraiser by collecting and counting
all the monies and she was extremely honored to become Lieutenant Governor for
Kiwanis.
Betty Ann and Gene enjoyed their many trips abroad; twice as ambassadors of
Wenatchee to Japan. They also traveled extensively across the states. Both
Betty Ann and Gene loved watching their children in their many activities from
grade school to high school to college. Betty Ann was thrilled when the
grandchildren came along! She loved them fiercely, with rarely a weekend going
by that she didn’t volunteer to babysit and spend time with them. And as they
all grew, Grandpa and Grandma were on the road to every sporting event, from
Wenatchee to Spokane to wherever the event took them!
Betty Ann follows Gene (Jan. 19, 2016) to Heaven. She is survived by two of
eight siblings: Carol Peterson and Linda Mikels, both of Ft. Collins, CO; her
children: David (Janine) Hall of Spokane, WA, Karen Hall of Wenatchee, WA and
Mark Hall; four grandchildren: Jessica, Kyle, Kerstyn and Keagan; and four
great-grandchildren.
A Memorial Service will be held Wednesday August 3, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at
Telford’s Chapel of the Valley, 711 Grant Rd., East Wenatchee, WA. In lieu of
flowers, donations may be made to the Salvation Army in Wenatchee, 1501 Russel
St., Wenatchee, WA 98801. A potluck lunch will be held at Bonaventure Assisted
Living, following the service. The family wishes to thank Bonaventure Assisted
Living for all the wonderful care they provided Betty Ann. Arrangements by
Telford’s Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee, WA.
To share a memory or send a condolence gift, please visit the Official Obituary of Betty Hall hosted by Chapel of the Valley.