HALL, Izora

Izora Gregory Hall, 96, a former Baker City resident, died Dec. 19, 2000, at Santa Barbara, Calif. A celebration of life service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday a the Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 Seventh St., in La Grande. George Fleshman will officiate. Mrs. Hall was born on Oct. 3, 1904, near Elgin. She was the first child of J. Frank and Tennessee Allen Gregory. She grew up on Smith Mountain near Wallowa. After graduating from Wallowa High School, she taught for three years in rural Wallowa County schools. She then attended Oregon Normal School at Monmouth (now Western Oregon University) and received a normal school degree. She taught junior high English in coastal Oregon towns. During these years she completed her college requirements by attending summer schools. In 1949, she married Wade B. Hall of Wallowa. He worked for the U.S. Forest Service. They lived at Enterprise from 1950 to 1954 and Mrs. Hall taught high school English there. They moved to Baker City in 1954 and in 1992 they moved to La Grande. Mr. Hall died in 1993. In 1997, Mrs. Hall moved to Santa Barbara, Calif., to be near family. Survivors include her stepdaughter, Diane Hall Jackson of Santa Barbara; nieces, Beverly Johnson Kane of Boise and Donnajean Carla Gregory of Milwaukie; and the family of her deceased nephew, Greg Johnson, and other relatives and friends. Memorial contributions may be made to the Baker County Library Foundation, the Wallowa County Health Care Foundation or a charity of ones choice through the Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 Seventh St., La Grande, Ore. 97850. bakercityherald.com 27 Apr 2001