| 1. |  Joseph Lee Hall was born on 28 Nov 1916 in Seattle, King County, Washington; died on 27 Dec 2008 in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California. Other Events:
- 1920 Census: 2 Jan 1920, Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington
- 1930 Census: 24 Apr 1930, Seattle, King County, Washington
- Removed to: 2000, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington
- Obituary: 23 Jan 2009, Seattle, King County, Washington; Seattle Times
Notes:
Birth:
Ancestry.com. Washington, Birth Records, 1870-1935
Name: Joseph Leo Hall [Joseph Lee Hall]
Date of Birth: 23 Nov 1916
Gender: Male
Birth Place: King, Washington, USA
Father: Joseph Hall
Mother: Ethel Harley
1920 Census:
Ward 6 ED 18, sheet 1B
1123 Fifth Street
Hall, Joseph W Head M W 27 Md MO US MO Foreman - Cannery
---, Ethel A Wife F W 27 Md MI OH MI
---, Stella L Dau F W 6 S WA MO MI
---, Harvey F Son M W 5 S WA MO MI
---, Joseph L Son M W 3 S WA MO MI
---, Stewart G Son M W 7/12 S WA MO MI
1930 Census:
ED 3, sheet 53B
7509 Mary Ave. NW
Hall, Joseph Head M W 37 Md 19 MO MO MO Foreman - Canning Factory
---, Ethel Wife F W 37 Md 19 MI MI MO
---, Stella Dau F W 16 S WA MO MI
---, Harvey Son M W 15 S WA MO MI
---, Joseph Son M W 13 S WA MO MI
---, Stuart Son M W 11 S WA MO MI
Obituary:
JOSEPH LEE HALL
Joseph Lee HALL Commander, USN, Retired, died in his sleep December 27, 2008, in Rancho Palos Verdes, California at the age of 92. Born November 28, 1916, to Joseph William and Ethel Adele (Harley) Hall in Seattle, Washington, he grew up in a salmon fishing and canning family living in Port Angeles, Washington, Petersburg, Alaska and Seattle.
He graduated from Ballard High School, and from the University of Washington with a degree in mining engineering. To support himself during college he worked summers as a salmon grader in Neah Bay and spent a summer on the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam.
After graduating, he joined the Navy and trained as a Naval Aviator in Pensacola, Florida just before the Second World War. His first posting was to Bermuda, where he flew far out into the Atlantic in support of shipping convoys and into hurricanes for research. Before the U.S. entered the war, he was one of several pilots who flew a squadron of PBYs from Bermuda to England just after the Battle of Britain. While there, he flew out of Oban, Scotland as a Neutral Observer, including one of the search legs beyond Iceland during the hunt for the Battleship Bismark, and may have seen one of the accompanying German Cruisers during a break in the clouds. He had returned to Bermuda when Pearl Harbor was bombed. He and his squadron flew across the country and arrived in Pearl Harbor nine days later. The Battle of Midway Island and the Aleutians had him re-assigned to Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands, where a keen sense of navigation in poor weather was a nice thing to have. He saw more action in Guadalcanal, flying B-24s from Henderson field up the Slot as far as Rabaul, where he and his crew led a night raid on the main enemy supply dump. He was proud to have such a top notch crew both in the air and on the ground. He earned the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross for the Guadalcanal engagement. Shortly after the war, he took part in a round-the-world cruise aboard the carrier USS Rendova. Soon after returning, he became part of the massive atomic testing program, and was operations officer for a test on Eniwetok Atoll. At a safe distance from the test, he and a friend stood on a pier and observed the fireworks wearing special optics goggles while grilling steaks.
Joe also spent some time in Hollywood, working with Carey Wilson at MGM as a technical advisor on a classified film on atomic weapons. He retired as a Commander in 1959.
He married Marguerite (Rita) McGuinness Monocrusos (born to Stephen and Ethel Monocrusos) in 1955, and had three children.
After retiring from the Navy, Joe moved his family to La Jolla, California on 1959 where he worked in Real Estate and later at NASSCO. Joe especially enjoyed neighborhood cocktail parties. Joe was also devoted to the betterment of public schools as a foundation of democracy. He served many years in the PTA and worked on school bond efforts. Joe loved the natural world. Hiking was Joe's passion, and he took family and friends on jaunts through the local desert, the Sierras and Cascades, and to Glacier National Park. He was a wonderful story-teller and enjoyed relating stories of his fascinating life over the camp fire.
After his wife, Rita died in 2000 he moved to Vancouver, Washington to be closer to family.
His survivors include his son, Stephen, his daughter-in-law Kimberly, and grandchildren, Katherine and Ian of Napa, California, his daughter Elizabeth, his son-in-law Craig Copeland, and grandson, Andrei of Los Angeles, California, and his daughter Anne Woods, son-in-law Thomas Woods, and granddaughters Carolyn and Emily Woods of Vancouver, Washington.
He will be deeply missed. His ashes will be scattered in a private ceremony in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. He asked that any remembrances be made to the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society.
Joseph married Marguerite McGuinness "Rita" Monocrusos in 1955. Marguerite (daughter of Stephen Monocrusos and Ethel Hosenhans) was born on 3 Dec 1919 in Maryland; died on 10 Jul 2000 in California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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