Donald E Hall

Graveside funeral services for Donald E. Hall age 76 of Osmond will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 7th at the Pleasant View Cemetery in Plainview. Visitation for Donald Hall will be from 5-7:30 P.M. Tuesday, October 6th at the Ashburn Funeral Home in Osmond. Donald E. Hall passed away October 4, 2020 at the Osmond General Hospital. Ashburn Funeral Home in Osmond is in charge of arrangements.

Donald E. Hall was born July 13, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan to Eugene A. Hall and Norma Forester Hall and entered into eternal rest at Osmond General Hospital on October 4, 2020 after a long hard fight with pancreatic cancer.  At the age of 2 he and his mother went back to Southern Illinois which had been their prior home.  He attended school in Harrisburg, Illinois and graduated from Harrisburg High School in 1962.  After High School he entered the Army and was trained in both Laboratory and Radiology.    After training, he was sent to Asmara, Ethiopa where he worked at a hospital on the Army Communication base there caring for both locals as well as fellow Army.  He had many great memories of his time there and loved to talk about them.

After discharge from the Army he went to Chicago, Illinois, first working in the lab at General Mills.  Because he loved working with people and in hospital lab setting, he later went to work at  Sherman Hospital in Chicago.    Answering an ad in a medical magazine for someone to expand a lab in Plainview, NE he came to NE to work for Dr. Kopp and the other doctors that followed him.  It was at the Plainview Clinic that he met and married Nancy Houston Ashburn. He was at Plainview Clinic for several years and then moved to Nebraska City working at St. Mary’s Hospital and at the hospital in Humboldt, NE.  In 1983 he began working at Osmond General Hospital and worked there for 37 years until his retirement due to health issues.

He thoroughly enjoyed his work and interactions with patients and fellow employees.  He was truly dedicated to his work and nothing but his family came ahead of work.

As a child and through high school he enjoyed swimming, and was a life guard for many years at his pool at home.  He loved southern Illinois, its scenery, hiking trails, the coal mines and had many great tales to share with his boys about them.  One of his biggest pleasures was taking his boys to southern Illinois to see the areas he had enjoyed so much as a child.  He had great tales to tell and was never shy about sharing them with his family and coworkers.

He was an avid reader and enjoyed both the Norfolk Arts Council and the Omaha Symphony Concerts and was a member of both of them and scarcely missed a concert.

He was associated with the Evangelical Covenant Church, loved the Lord, and so appreciated the many visits with Pastor Lane and many of the congregation.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, OES, VA, VFW, and the various organizations associated with his lab and radiology work.

He was proceeded in death by his son, Neal Ashburn, father, Eugene A. Hall, mother ,Norma Woolard, stepfather J.P. Woolard, grandparents, and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

He is left to mourn his passing his wife, Nancy, sons Mitchell (Traci)  and Todd Ashburn, Daughter in law Colleen  Ashburn, Tony, Joshua(Melanie),  and Adam Hall.  Brothers Jay Woolard (Landy) and Mickey Woolard (Peggy) , many grandchildren as well as a host of other relatives and many, many friends and co-workers.

Visitation will be at Ashburn Funeral Home in Osmond 5-7:30 Tuesday evening with a Prayer Service at 8:00P.M.

Funeral Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday at Pleasant View Cemetery in Plainview, NE.