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WALLA WALLA--William Dorne Hall, 94, passed away Dec. 8 at the Walla Walla Odd Fellows Home. One of ten children, he was born to John Stanley and Lillian Corkrum Hall in Springbank, Alberta, Canada, on Nov. 15, 1924. Following the death of his father, the family moved to Union Gap, WA. Dorne then lived with his aunt and uncle, Frank and Lulu Zuger, in Waitsburg. He was a 1943 graduate of Waitsburg High School.

Dorne enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served aboard the USS Makassar Strait in the South Pacific. Following his military service, he returned to Waitsburg to farm with his uncle. He mar...