Evelyn B. Hall
Marriages
Ivan W. Hall - May 2, 1946
In Butte, Montana
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 4A Death Notice - July 3, 2017
Evelyn B. Hall, 99, Grand Junction, died June 30, 2017 at
HopeWest and Hospice Care Center.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist
Church.
She was a licensed practical nurse.
Survivors include three sons, Ted of Pierre, South Dakota, Geary
of Grand Junction and Tim of Arvada; one daughter, Tad Lewis of
Bellingham, Washington; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to HopeWest, 3090B N. 12th St., Grand
Junction 81506, or the First United Methodist Church, 522 White
Ave. Grand Junction 81501.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6B Obituary - July 4, 2017
Evelyn B. Hall, 99, passed
away Friday morning, June
30, 2017, at HopeWest
Hospice surrounded by her
loving family. Evelyn was
born to Nicholas and Frances
(Turk) Breyer at the family
home south of Rocker,
Montana on March 18, 1918.
A true member of the
“Greatest Generation”, after
the death of her father, when
Evelyn was 18 years old, she
went to work for Hanson
Meat Packing Company. She
was educated at Rocker Grade
School and Butte High School
graduating in 1936.
Evelyn married Ivan W. Hall
on May 2, 1946 at Butte, MT.
They lived in Butte, MT,
Lyons, Leadville, Salida,
Paradox and Gateway,
Colorado. She moved to
Grand Junction in October 1953 and worked 30 years for St.
Mary’s Hospital, five as a Nurses Aid and 25 as a LPN after
graduating from Mesa Junior College Nursing Program in 1966.
She retired in 1993 at the age of 75.
During her retirement years she enjoyed traveling to visit her
family and giving a helping hand to her family, friends and
neighbors. Evelyn spent many years volunteering at senior
centers and a retirement home in Grand Junction and Clifton
taking blood pressures of the residents. She enjoyed
embroidering tea towels and quilt blocks, and was an active
member of the First United Methodist Church women’s circle
and Bible studies.
She is survived by her children, Ted (Sheryl) Hall, Pierre, SD,
Tad Lewis (John, deceased), Bellingham, WA, Geary (Carolyn)
Hall, Grand Junction, CO, Tim (Janet) Hall, Arvada, CO. Her
grandchildren are Joshua Hall, Denver, CO, Jonathan Hall,
Westminster, CO, Michael Lewis, Issaquah, WA, Gary Lewis,
Bellingham, WA, Matthew Hall, Neenah, WI, Jenna Hall,
Siloam Springs, AR, Kevin Hall, Omaha, NE, and Stephanie
Hall, Grand Junction, CO. She is also survived by eleven greatgrand
children, a sister, Violet Garbarino, Spokane, WA and
one sister-in-law, Ellyn Breyer, Butte, MT.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her husband Ivan, daughter
Frances, her parents and siblings, Albert, Montana, Ed and Nick
Breyer, Beverly Williams, Nellie Littlefield and Margaret
Rooney-Murray.
Cremation has occurred and a memorial service will be held at
the First United Methodist Church at 2 p.m. July 6, 2017.
Memorials are suggested to be given to HopeWest Hospice or
the First Methodist Church.
