December 15, 2011       

WATERTOWN, N.Y.  —  Helen C. Hall, 88, widow of Oral Hall, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the Samaritan Keep Nursing Home where she had been a resident since 2010. 

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at Reed & Benoit Funeral Home with Rev. Leon Van Wie, pastor of Asbury United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Grove Cemetery, LaFargeville. A calling hour will precede the funeral 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home.

Born Sept. 2, 1923, in Syracuse, a daughter of Thomas and Florence Green Teepell, she was a 1941 graduate of Phoenix High School and a 1945 Plattsburg State Teachers College graduate. She furthered her studies at St. Lawrence University, Potsdam State and Syracuse University.  

Mrs. Hall taught home economics at LaFargeville Central School and Clayton Central School.  Helen was the librarian at the Orleans Public Library.  

She was a Brownie leader and a former member of the LaFargeville United Methodist Church and was active in many church activities and functions. 

Helen married Oral Hall on July 31, 1948, at the Phoenix Baptist Church.  Mr. Hall passed away Dec. 17, 1988.  

Mrs. Hall moved to College Height Apartments in 1988, Centennial Apartments in October 2005 and then to the Samaritan Keep Home in 2010. 

Surviving are two daughters and their husbands, Kathryn and Richard Poulsen, Watertown, and Mary Ellen and Kevin Osborne, Gales Ferry, Conn.; a granddaughter, Kara Manzelli, Marlborough, Mass.; a grandson, Mark Osborne, Brooklyn, N.Y.; a sister, Dorothy Stone, Fultonl everal nieces and nephews.  

A brother, George Teepell, died before her. 

Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 6725 Lyons St., East Syracuse, NY  13057-9364 or to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 26 Broadway 14th Floor, New York, NY  10004. 

Condolences may be made at www.reedbenoit.com. 






Information provided by Reed & Benoit Funeral Home and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.