MOULTONBOROUGH---After over 92 amazing years of life, Henry Vincent Hall passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 31st, 2025, in Fairfax, VA.
Henry was born to Henry Clay Hall and Mary Theresa Sutter Hall, in Great Falls Montana in 1932. He graduated from Stanford High School in 1950. He attended Carroll College in Helena, Montana for two years and then enlisted in the Air Force during the Korean War. He entered Aviation Cadet Training and earned his wings in 1954. As the war ended, he joined the Montana Air National Guard to fly fighter aircraft. He graduated from Carroll College in 1956 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration.
After college, he worked in general construction and on the Minute Man Missile project in Montana. In 1962, just prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis, he was recalled to active duty in the United States Air Force to fly fighter aircraft in Florida. In 1964, he was assigned to Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam where he flew 218 combat missions in the F-4 Phantom aircraft. Then he was assigned to Bitburg Air Base, Germany; Langley AFB, VA; Udorn Air Base, Thailand; The Naval War College, Newport RI; Naples, Italy; Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany; Ramstein Air Base, Germany; Shaw AFB, South Carolina where he retired from the Air Force in 1980 with the rank of Colonel.
Henry was married to Sheila Rising in 1959. They had four wonderful children: Kim, Christopher, Theresa and Michael. During the marriage the family resided in Great Falls, Montana and Tampa, Florida. Henry and Sheila separated in 1966 and later divorced. He loved his trips to Montana for vacations with the children when they were young and had many good memories of those adventures.
Henry married Mary Galvin in 1975 and shared 40 happy years together. During their marriage they resided in Germany and South Carolina, then settled in Moultonborough, NH. They built their own home which they loved and raised their sons Sean and Matthew. Henry became a Real Estate Broker and worked in real estate and land development.
He had many happy childhood memories of his parents, his two sisters and life on the farm. Hey would say they didn't have a lot in those days, but they were rarely unhappy.
He considered himself very fortunate to have experienced farming, ranching, construction, military service, inventing, flying aircraft, hunting, skiing, traveling overseas, working at Lourdes France, going to reunions and many other adventures. Mary was the love of his life and he loved all of his children very much and prayed for them every day. He was a firm believer in Our Lord and always tried to encourage others to prepare for the next life early and not to wait until they are ready to die to start getting acquainted with God Almighty!!!
Henry is survived by his two daughters Kim Holzer (husband Mark) of Stanford, MT, Theresa Stokely of Richmond, VA; four sons Christopher Hall (wife Terri) of Tampa, FL, Michael Hall of Grasonville, MD; Sean Hall (wife Rena) of Tucson AZ; Matt Hall (wife Natalie) New Smyrna, FL; Five granddaughters: Sharon, Danielle, Maria, Lindsay, Sierra; five grandsons: Michael, Jack, Jeremy, Noah, Zane. He was predeceased by wife Mary, his parents and two sisters Roberta Dell Billings, MT and Dorothy Hurlbut of Helena, MT.
A calling hour will be held from 10:00 AM to 10:45 AM, Monday, April 7, 2025, at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 300 NH-25, Meredith, NH. A Funeral Mass will follow at 11:00 AM, also at the church.
Arrangements are under the care of Mayhew Funeral Homes and Crematorium. To sign the online book of memories, go to mayhewfuneralhomes.com.