Clarke Hall

Clarke Edwin Hall was born in Elmwood, Nebraska on July 4, 1915. He was the son of Edwin Kelsey and Ruth Sutherland Hall. He married Pearl Fentimen in 1935. He later married Anna Huelsberg-Panko in Prairie Home, Nebraska, on February 21, 1939. Mr. Hall was a well-known farmer in the Cass County area. Along with operating a garage and blacksmith shop, he had many part-time occupations and enjoyed them all, from driving a truck to having a Honda Motorcycle dealership. He also contributed to several situations involving the DEA. He was well known for his devotion and expertise with antique tractors and engines. He was integral in helping form several antique engine clubs throughout the area, including the Cornhuskers Antique Engine Club, and in helping with antique engine shows. He exhibited engines over a wide area for years and contributed to many publications involving antique tractors. Mr. Hall was baptized into the Disciples of Christ Church and was a member of the Oddfellows Lodge all of his adult life. He resided in Cass County for seventy-five years before moving to Mountain Home, Arkansas in 1985. Clarke Edwin Hall passed away at Baxter Regional Medical Center on April 23, 2005, at the age of 89 years, 9 months and 21 days. Survivors: Four children, MaryLou Ross and husband Robert of Gainesville, Missouri, Dala Tamayo of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Nadine Hall, and Amos Hall and wife Bess of Hutchison, Kansas; sixteen grandchildren, thirty-one great-grandchildren, four great-great grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Alice Brunkow of Eagle, Nebraska Preceded in Death by: Parents, first wife, and two grandchildren Funeral: Private Memorials: Salvation Army, 121 Highway 201 North, Mountain Home, AR 72653