William G. Hall

William G. Hall (Bill), age 91 years, a life-long resident of Flemington, New Jersey, passed away in the early morning hours on Friday, May 3, 2024, at his home. The Hall family has resided in the Flemington area since the 1700's, and Halls fought in the Revolutionary War and for the Union in the Civil War as members of the Flemington Regiment.

Born in Flemington, New Jersey on April 2, 1933, he was the son of the late Stanley D. and Bernice (Conkling) Hall. Bill graduated from Flemington High School with the Class of 1951, where he was a three-sport athlete, lettering in football, basketball, and baseball.

Soon after graduating high school, Bill enlisted and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War from 1953-1956, where he attained the rank of Sergeant.

After his service in the Marines, he trained to become an airline pilot. He flew for Eastern Airlines, attaining the rank of Captain during his highly successful career as a pilot. He flew some of the largest jets in the Eastern Airlines fleet, and his routes included flights to South America, Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and destinations throughout the United States. Bill truly loved being a pilot and always said how grateful he was to be able to pursue a career that he truly enjoyed.

In the late 1950's Bill met the love of his life, Marion (Halychyn) Hall, who was then a stewardess for Eastern Airlines. As it happened, they met not on an Eastern flight, but at a local dance in Flemington. They married on March 14, 1959, and were devoted to each other and their family during their 65 years of marriage.

In addition to his career as a pilot, Bill invested in several residential and commercial properties in the Flemington area. He did much of the maintenance on the properties himself, and until just recently, continued to climb ladders to do repairs, and continued his daily ritual of sweeping his porch and the sidewalks in front of his buildings.

Above all, one of the greatest joys of his life was being a father and grandpa to his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Infinitely patient, he spent hours with his grandchildren, teaching them how to ride a bike, taking trips to the Flemington Library to check out books, drawing picture books, playing chess, and spending endless hours playing board games, especially monopoly. He attended his grandchildren's sporting events, graduations, and other important events and played with his great-grandchildren at family dinners and holidays.

He was an example to everyone who knew him of how to live a good, honorable, generous and loving life. His family gave him the greatest compliment of all by saying, “he will be remembered as a truly good man."

In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his sister, Pat Wengryn, who died in 2015.

Surviving are his beloved wife of 65 years, Marion (Halychyn) Hall; his son Stan Hall and Christina Hall, his wife, of Delaware Township; his son Jim Hall and Joanne Hankins, of Flemington; his three grandchildren, Erica Hall and her husband, Manuel Saenz of Montclair, New Jersey, Brandon Hall and his wife Kelscey Boyle of Orlando, FL, and Bryant Hall, who is pursuing a graduate degree in physics in Amsterdam, Netherlands; as well as his two great-grandchildren, Julia Viviana Saenz and Charlotte Anne Hall.

Funeral services will take place Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. in the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ. Interment will follow in the family plot at St. Magdalen Cemetery, North Main Street, Flemington, NJ. Calling hours will be from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service in the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Mr. Hall’s memory may be made to the American Heart Association, PO Box 417005, Boston MA 02241-7005.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822. For further information or to send an online condolence, please visit his Tribute Wall at www.holcombefisher.com.