Raymond L. Hall

Raymond L. Hall

AGE: 87 • formerly of Mendham

Raymond L. Hall, 87, of Kennett Square, PA, formerly of Mendham, NJ, died Sept. 10, 2011, at Neighborhood Hospice, West Chester, PA. Born in Salem, OH, he was the son of the late Lindley and Orpha Hall, Salem. Raymond was a building contractor, engineer, expedition leader, ski instructor (Aspen, CO), and entrepreneur. In the early 1960s, he was the inventor of the Ski-Dek, an indoor skiing machine, that was featured (with Ray) in many national publications and on TV. He was also a founder of Monarch Pools in Fairfield, NJ, and Aluma-Crete Industries, producing pools, spas and geodesic domes. A former elder of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown, Ray volunteered at the Market Street Mission in Morristown, Campus Crusade for Christ, the Billy Graham Assn, Mendham Hills and Long Hill Chapels, and attended Willowdale Chapel in Kennett Square.

Ray is survived by his three children: Kevin Hall of Charlotte, NC ; David Hall of Unionville, PA; and Sandy Crawford of Wallingford, PA; eleven beloved grandchildren, and three sisters.

Services were held Sept. 14 at Willowdale Chapel in Kennett Square, PA. Contributions in his memory may be made to Alpha USA, Development Department, 2275 Half Day Road, Suite 185, Bannockburn, IL 60015 (www.alphausa.org), or to the Market Street Mission, 9 Market Street, Morristown, NJ 07960 (www.marketstreet.org)

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