Stanley Hall

HALL, Stanley Byrom November 8, 1932 - November 13, 2009 It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Stan Hall at the age of 77 years. Stan is predeceased by his wife Sally and his son Michael (Mary Fedun). He leaves to mourn his loving daughters Patti (Glyn) Potter, Sandi (Matt) McDonald and Nanci (Paul) Cavill and grandchildren Alex, Doug, Tim, Robert, Emily, Ben and Holly. Stan was born in Dundas, Ontario the only son of Edith and Douglas Hall. He attended Hillfield School before completing his education at Upper Canada College. He commenced his career at CN Rail in Hamilton at the age of 16 as a stenographer, in what was then the Freight Traffic Department. He moved through various traffic positions and in 1958 was appointed Freight Sales Trainee in Toronto. In 1961 he relocated to Montreal as Freight Sales Analyst, St. Lawrence Region. While in Montreal he was moved to Marketing Headquarters, held several senior positions and became Manager Market Promotion, with responsibilities for marketing training and advertising. In 1970 he was transferred to Winnipeg as Regional Freight Sales Manager, Prairie Region. In a few short years he became Regional Manager Marketing, Prairie Region. In 1979 he was transferred to Edmonton as General Manager Marketing, Western Canada. During his 46 years of service he made many friends, both inside CN and in the business community. Before and after his retirement in 1994, he and Sally indulged their passion for travel by visiting various countries on six continents. They also had great affection for cruise ship travel and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2004 by taking their children and families on a cruise to Mexico. Both Stan and Sally were generous to a fault and hosted many parties for their friends and also opened their home to their children's friends who were treated like family. Stan was a dedicated golfer and took full advantage of his membership at The Edmonton Golf and Country Club. He was also a self-taught computer 'techie', a talent he contributed to the Edmonton Freenet during his retirement. He spent many volunteer hours working at their office and installed donated computers for people in their homes. Friends who wish to remember Stan's life may do so on Saturday November 21, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, 11111 - 57 Avenue. A heartfelt thank you to Dr. Charles Butts and the staff at the Cross Cancer Institute. Donations in Stan's honour may be made to the Cross Cancer Institute, 11560 University Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6G 1Z2 Howard & McBride Westlawn Chapel (780) 484-5500