PER OLOF HALL, 80, PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY ON JAN. 26, 2014. HE WAS THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARY (MOOTOS) HALL OF STOUGHTON; LOVING FATHER OF PETER J. HALL AND HIS WIFE JANE OF CANTON, AND GEORGE C. HALL AND HIS WIFE MICHELLE OF AUSTIN, TEX; AND DEVOTED BROTHER OF JAN and LARS HALL OF FALUN, SWEDEN.
PER WAS BORN IN FALUN, SWEDEN, SON OF THE LATE OLLIE AND MARGITT HALL, AND WAS RAISED AND EDUCATED THERE. PER SPENT 2 YEARS IN THE SWEDISH ARMY, HE EXCELLED IN MANY SPORTS PROFFESIONALLY SUCH AS DOWNHILL SKIING, SEMI-PRO HOCKEY, AND MOTOCROSS RACING. HE ALSO HAD A LIFELONG PASSION FOR HUNTING, FLY FISHING, AND CAMPING.
PER CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1958 ON A WORK-EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR JOSEPH CORCORAN SHOE & SPORTING GOODS CO. IN STOUGHTON AND IT WAS DURING THIS TIME AT CORCORAN’S THAT HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE MARY. RISING UP THROUGH THE RANKS FOR 35 YEARS, PER RETIRED AS PLANT MANAGER FOR ACME BOOT CO. IN 1985.
PER WAS A 32nd DEGREE MASON FOR 53 YEARS. HE WAS ALSO A SHRINER WHO SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER DRIVER FOR THE SHRINERS BURN CENTER IN BOSTON, ESCORTING FAMILIES TO AND FROM LOGAN AIRPORT TO THE BURN CENTER FOR TREATMENT.
VISITING HOURS WILL BE HELD AT THE SHEEHAN, LOWE & POWERS FUNERAL HOME, 115 MONK STREET, STOUGHTON ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2014, FROM 4 P.M. TO 8 P.M. NOTE: A MASONIC FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED AT 8 PM. ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. HIS FUNERAL WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY JANUARY 31, 2014 AT 10:00 A.M. FROM THE SHEEHAN, LOWE & POWERS FUNERAL HOME, 115 MONK STREET, STOUGHTON, FOLLOWED BY A FUNERAL SERVICE AT 11 AM IN THE ANNUCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, 457 OAK STREET, BROCKTON. BURIAL TO FOLLOW IN MELROSE CEMETERY, BROCKTON.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE IN PER’S MEMORY TO THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION, 480 Pleasant Street, Watertown,MA 02472.