Ernest Ellery Hall McCall

Hi Diane, I was in Ernie's first class at Princeton and attended his memorial service in my Reunions jacket. I did not get a chance to offer my sympathy to you that day, but I'm sending to our class recorder that magnificent obituary that I'm guessing you wrote for the Oregonian at the time. I'm also send a photo that I took at the service, and I thought you might like a copy too. It shows three members of his class and the daughter of a classmate together - l to r: Nate Rosensweig, Charles...

Mark and Dotty Johnson Send their regrets and Ernie was a wonderful person and who brought TONS of FUN to all our lives.

My deep condolences to the family and friends! I thank fate for introducing me to Ernest and his family 30 years ago when he came to visit his eldest son during the summer holidays in St. Petersburg, Russia. His love for life, for travel, for adventure, for the sky and airplanes, for freedom and motorcycles, always aroused in me life and a desire to learn and explore as much as possible new things in my life. It's no exaggeration to say that getting to know this family has radically changed...

Ernie was a dear friend for 75 years and Diane after their marriage. We spent a wonderful month on a Gulet sailboat in Turkey and many times flying our planes out of tiny airstrips all over the west and lastly to Stuart Island, Washington. I miss him. Ted Teren

Ernie was responsible for me moving to Portland from the SF Bay Area in 1981. I worked for an insurance company that provided McCall Oil and Chemical Company with financing a couple of years earlier, and while sharing a ski-lift during a First Interstate corporate customer ski event to Mt Hood, he asked if I´d ever consider moving to Portland and working for his family. At the chance to work with Ernie, I jumped at the offer. Working with Ernie and his father Calder and brother Bob was a...

Such a wonderful life Ernie lived! I adored how he wrote his own obit; it was so full of at least two lifetimes of experiences ! I did not know him, yet I so enjoyed knowing of him through his words & his dear wife’s memories! Blessings to your family; Ernie’s special presence will be missed!

Julia Stone
Portland Oregon