Obituary of Windsor Newton Hall

Windsor Newton Hall, age 87, passed away on March 20, 2015 at Westview Health Care Center in Dayville, CT. Born December 25, 1927, in Putnam, CT., he was the youngest son of Durham and Helen Phillips Hall. After graduating from Putnam High School, he completed Naval basic training in Seneca Lake, N.Y. He shipped out of Little Creek, VA. and served on a U.S. Navy fleet tug on the Atlantic during WWII. After the war he attended Nichols College and graduated with an Associate Degree in Business Administration. After a brief time delivering milk and working at Bradley Airport he began a 35 year career with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. He retired at age 59. Throughout his life, Windsor loved bike riding, hiking, traveling, and spending time with his family. He enjoyed writing poetry, playing golf and cards, telling jokes, trout fishing and was always the first one up on the dance floor. Surviving are his wife of 66 years, Mary Ella (Rivers) Hall; four sons, Wayne Hall and wife Kitty, Mark Hall and wife Laura, Michael Hall and wife Deborah, Windsor Hall and wife Elizabeth; two daughters, Marlene Cronin and husband David and Margaret Bumbaca and husband Joseph. He is also survived by sixteen grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and sister-in-law, Priscilla S. Hall. He was predeceased by his two brothers, Walter Hall and D. Allen Hall and daughter, Marla Hall Jackson. Visiting hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on April 18, 2015 at the Smith and Walker Funeral Home in Putnam, CT. A service will be held there from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Burial with Military Honors will be at 12:00 p.m. at the West Thompson Cemetery located at the intersection of Riverside Drive (Rt. 12) and Thompson Road. Share a memory at www.smithandwalkerfh.com