Herman Hall

Herman L. "Shorty" Hall
July 11, 1925 - January 31, 2013
Herman L.( Shorty) Hall was born in Overland, Missouri July 11, 1925 to Herman Hall Sr. and Lida Hall. He had six siblings. Shorty attended schools in the St. Louis area until moving to Idaho with his family in 1941. He enlisted in the US Navy March 30, 1943. His boot camp training was at the navy training station in Farragut, Idaho. Upon completing naval training he served on the USS St. Lo. On October 25, 1944 it was sunk by a Japanese kamikaze. By God's protecting hand he was one of the survivors. He then was sent to the naval training station in Newport, Rhode Island where he was commissioned on the US Little Rock June 17, 1945, which took him around Cape Horn on a good will tour. He was discharged in St. Louis, Missouri March 28, 1946.
He met and married Joyce Higgins June 6, 1947. They had 4 boys; Steve, Joe, Monte Jack, and Jim.
In April of 1948 Shorty accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Savior. His life was filled with serving the Lord in various capacities in communities where they lived, including First Baptist Church of Roswell, Idaho, Baptist Bible Church in Payette, Idaho, and Friends Church in Cambridge, Idaho. He was very involved in building and improving the facilities of Camp Maranatha at Warm Lake, Idaho.
Shorty was employed with Idaho Power Company from 1950 through 1985 and after retiring he and Joyce enjoyed traveling by motorhome and fulfilled a dream of a small cow/calf operation.
He is survived by his wife Joyce, his brother Jerry (Linda), sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law Anna and Stan Byers and Arden and Jean Beckley, sons Steve (Sue) of Parma, Idaho, Joe (Marvene) of Warden, Washington, Jim (Nancy) of Caldwell, Idaho, and grandchildren Shawna (David), Jeremy (Liz), Monty Brock (Twila), Mindy (Elliott), Jason (Jessica), Mike (Kim) and thirteen great grandchldren and numerous nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents Herman and Lida Hall, brother Robert and sisters Marie, Helen, Rose, Kathryn, infant son Monte Jack, and mother and father-in-law Wilma and Jesse Higgins.
Special thanks is given to Harrison Hope Hospice, including Dr. Chu, Colleen, Terrie, Beverly, Jerry, Ashley, Carrisa and caregiver Susan Bennett.
Memorials may be made to Roswell Baptist Church or Boise Rescue Mission Ministries.
The service will be held at Dakan Funeral Chapel in Caldwell on Wednesday February 6 at 2:00 p.m. There will be a viewing before the service from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. followed by interment with military honors at Parma Cemetery.