Wayne Hall

Earl Wayne Hall passed away peacefully at home on 9 January 2025 after a long battle with the effects of multiple debilitating strokes. We will miss our husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, brother-in-law, friend and mentor, but we are so happy to know that he was able to walk, run and jump his way back to his heavenly home, freed from his crippled body.

Wayne was born 9 May 1939 in Leavenworth, Kansas to Ray Lloyd Hall and Carolyn Louise Benson. He was the second child and the only son in a family of 3 children and always took pride in his ancestry. His parents and his sisters, Shirley and Lana, were always a great source of joy to him. Wayne grew up on multiple farms in Kansas and his love of agriculture and livestock never left him. His parents decided to move from Kansas to Utah in 1947. They sold their farm and almost everything they owned and came to Utah, but after moving his father missed farming so much that they returned to Kansas and purchased another farm. This same process was repeated each year until 1952 when they finally stayed in Utah.

Wayne graduated from Davis High School as part of the class of 1957. He left the next year to serve as a full-time missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Gulf States and Texas Missions. Service in the church, and especially missionary work, would continue to be an important part of his life. He served faithfully in a variety of callings but especially enjoyed opportunities to serve as a missionary including a live-at-home mission with Lorraine in the Utah Ogden Mission.

After returning home from his mission, he went on a blind date with Marjorie Lorraine Harper and, as Wayne would tell the story, it was “two weeks from first date to chosen mate.” Wayne and Lorraine were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on 26 January 1962. They wasted no time starting a family with Gordon joining the family within the first year and Julie a year after that. Daniel, Tammie, and Alan would later come along to complete the family. Wayne and Lorraine are now proud to claim sons and daughters-in-law that they treated like their own, as well as 22 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

Wayne worked in the little grocery store in Farmington as a teenager and continued in the grocery business throughout his career. He spent many years in warehouse management with Smith’s Food and Drug and eventually retired in 1999. He also served in the Air Force Reserves during their early married years.

Wayne found great joy in life and loved being around people. He was known for teasing and laughing with those around him and he made friends easily. He loved playing and watching sports, especially the Utah Jazz. Wayne enjoyed caring for a large garden and orchard. Farming was in his genes, and he was so excited when they were able to purchase some acreage to raise hay and start “Hall’s Calves” which eventually evolved into a small herd of registered Angus cattle. He made many friends buying and selling cattle and enjoyed time working with family on the farm. He was always content to be in the seat of the tractor.

Later in his life many people in the community looked forward to driving by and seeing Wayne sitting in the garage with his Pepsi, waving to cars as they passed. His favorite hobby was supporting his children and grandchildren at their games, recitals, concerts and other events. We knew he was there because he was not afraid to let his familiar “woohoo” be heard as he cheered us all on.

Wayne is survived by his wife, Lorraine Harper Hall of West Point; his children, Gordon (Lela) Hall of West Point, Julie (Russ) Florence of Kaysville, Daniel (Penny) Hall of West Point, Tammie (Chad) Blamires of West Point, Alan (Aimee) Hall of Clinton; brothers-in-law Hank Emery and Rulon (Paula) Harper and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ray and Carolyn; his sisters, Shirley Stahle and Lana Emery; a great-granddaughter, Madilyn Florence; sister-in-law, Zinna Smith; and brother-in-law, Gail Stahle.

As a family we express sincere gratitude for the many who have shown kindness and concern. A special thanks to Symbii home health and hospice for their compassionate care and making it possible for Wayne to finish his earthly journey at home.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 18, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at West Point 3rd Ward, 3290 West 800 North, West Point. Friends may visit with family on Friday, January 17, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Lindquist’s Syracuse Mortuary, 869 South 2000 West, Syracuse, and on Saturday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church. 

Interment will follow at the West Point City cemetery.