Leo Hall, former South Omahan who fought in four major battles of the World War, died Saturday in the Veterans' Hospital at Excelsior Springs, Mo., from the effects of injuries he received one month before the armistice was signed. He was 40 years old.
Enlisting in September, 1917, Hall served in the Three Hundred Forty-first machine gun company through the engagements at Ypres, St. Quentin, St. Martin and Mazinghien, France, in the last offensive before the war ended. He was gassed in this battle on October 12, 1918. Since the war his injury caused him to be treated at the hospital a number of times, but he entered the last time only two weeks before his death. He had been making his home in Kansas City recently.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. William Hall; two sisters, Mrs. Ben Hannon, Jr., and Mrs. R.R. Ensor, and a brother, Roger, all of Omaha.
Military funeral services were held Monday at 8:30 am from the Larkin funeral home to St. Bridget's Church at 9 am. Rev. N.J. Neuberger celebrated the Requiem Mass and delivered an impressive sermon. A firing squad was in attendance, also members of the American Legion. His body was laid to rest in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Enlisting in September, 1917, Hall served in the Three Hundred Forty-first machine gun company through the engagements at Ypres, St. Quentin, St. Martin and Mazinghien, France, in the last offensive before the war ended. He was gassed in this battle on October 12, 1918. Since the war his injury caused him to be treated at the hospital a number of times, but he entered the last time only two weeks before his death. He had been making his home in Kansas City recently.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. William Hall; two sisters, Mrs. Ben Hannon, Jr., and Mrs. R.R. Ensor, and a brother, Roger, all of Omaha.
Military funeral services were held Monday at 8:30 am from the Larkin funeral home to St. Bridget's Church at 9 am. Rev. N.J. Neuberger celebrated the Requiem Mass and delivered an impressive sermon. A firing squad was in attendance, also members of the American Legion. His body was laid to rest in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Leo Hall, former South Omahan who fought in four major battles of the World War, died Saturday in the Veterans' Hospital at Excelsior Springs, Mo., from the effects of injuries he received one month before the armistice was signed. He was 40 years old.
Enlisting in September, 1917, Hall served in the Three Hundred Forty-first machine gun company through the engagements at Ypres, St. Quentin, St. Martin and Mazinghien, France, in the last offensive before the war ended. He was gassed in this battle on October 12, 1918. Since the war his injury caused him to be treated at the hospital a number of times, but he entered the last time only two weeks before his death. He had been making his home in Kansas City recently.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. William Hall; two sisters, Mrs. Ben Hannon, Jr., and Mrs. R.R. Ensor, and a brother, Roger, all of Omaha.
Military funeral services were held Monday at 8:30 am from the Larkin funeral home to St. Bridget's Church at 9 am. Rev. N.J. Neuberger celebrated the Requiem Mass and delivered an impressive sermon. A firing squad was in attendance, also members of the American Legion. His body was laid to rest in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Enlisting in September, 1917, Hall served in the Three Hundred Forty-first machine gun company through the engagements at Ypres, St. Quentin, St. Martin and Mazinghien, France, in the last offensive before the war ended. He was gassed in this battle on October 12, 1918. Since the war his injury caused him to be treated at the hospital a number of times, but he entered the last time only two weeks before his death. He had been making his home in Kansas City recently.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. William Hall; two sisters, Mrs. Ben Hannon, Jr., and Mrs. R.R. Ensor, and a brother, Roger, all of Omaha.
Military funeral services were held Monday at 8:30 am from the Larkin funeral home to St. Bridget's Church at 9 am. Rev. N.J. Neuberger celebrated the Requiem Mass and delivered an impressive sermon. A firing squad was in attendance, also members of the American Legion. His body was laid to rest in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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