Floyd 0. 'Bud' Hall
MONTICELLO — Services for Floyd 0.
"Bud" Hall, 84, 129 S. Main St., will be
held at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Miller-Roscka
Funeral Home.
He died at 3:20 p.m. Thursday, May 30
2002, in Rosewalk Village, Lafayette.
Born Jan. 16, 1918, in Headlee, he was
the son of Guy and Inez Crowder Hall.
On July 3, 1939, in Lafayette, he was
married to Betty B. Lebo, who survives.
Mr. Hall, a builder, lived in the
Monticello area for 45 years after
moving from Winamac in 1957. He built
more than 600 homes in northwest Indiana
and renovated the old Forbes Hotel
into the Harrison House apartments at
Main and Harrison streets.
During the Great Depression, he lived
with relatives in Fulton, where he
graduated from Fulton High School in 1936.
He honed his construction skills as an
apprentice in various building trades,
working on houses, airplane hangars,
munitions and armory factories from Gary
to Key West and Panama.
Along with his brother-in-law, Verna
Lebo, he opened the State Road Cafe in
the middle of Winamac. During the war; it
was operated by his wife and mother.
In December, 1943, he was called to
serve in the 35th Combat Engineers in Europe,
where he served in the Battle of the
Bulge and the Crossing of the Rhine.
When he returned from the services in
1946, he began a highly successful career
in home construction, contracting and real
estate.
He developed several subdivisions in
Winamac. Together with partner Grant
Watniz, he built the Lutheran Church,
American Legion and Farm Bureau buildings
in Winamac and the Woodlawn
School in Monticello. With another partner
named Dilts, he renovated the abandoned
Frain Hotel into apartments and businesses
in Winamac.
In 1957, he moved his family to the
Cowger home on Ind. 39 and Sidewinder
Pass, a structure he rehabilitated. His
family lived there for 14 years before
moving into town a few doors from the
Harrison House.
During his years in-Monticello, he developed
four major subdivisions - Woodlawn,
Wildwood, Hickory Ridge and Hallsdale.
He built more than 50 rental proper-
ties.
After building a log cabin from trees he
had cleared, Floyd was inspired late in his
career to develop a new concept in roughhewn
cedar houses that could be largely
prefabricated. He and his son, Quentin,
erected many of the unique homes on
Round-a-bout Road north of Monticello.
He bought the old Bryant Manufacturing
plant on Marion Street to house the prototype
fabrication process, and Quentin now
owns the facility called Hall's Mall, which
houses several businesses. Floyd built his
last house in 1992 at the age of 75 and retired
to a life of travel. He had traveled in
all 50 states and several countries.
An avid reader, he also enjoyed dancing
very much.
Also surviving are four sons and three
daughters-in-law, Michael Lee Hall, Monticello,
Bruce Patrick and Sarah A. Tuohey
Hall, Chicago, Maxwell and Susan Elwart
Hall, Atherton, Calif., and Quentin and
Tina York Hall, Monticello; one daughter,
Star Linda Hall, Chicago; one sister, Beverly
Hall Clay, Inverness, Fla.; and nine
grandchildren. Two brothers, one sister
and one daughter-in-law preceded him in
death.
The Rev. Jeff Messer will officiate at the services.
Burial will be in IOOF Riverview Cemetery,
where there will be full military rites.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today
and after 8 a.m. Monday until the time of
services in the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to
favorite charities.
PHAROS-TRIBUNE
SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2002