A graveside service was conducted for Joe William Hall, age 95, on Monday, October 30, 2006, at 2pm, at Wasco Memorial Park. Pastor Ed Boschman of Laurelglen Bible Church officiated the services. Visitation was held at Peters Funeral Home on Saturday and Sunday, October 28th and 29th, from 2-8 pm, and Monday, October 30, from 9am to 1pm. Joe was born in Wilberton, Oklahoma, to Siles and Fronie Hall on July 16, 1911. He married Gertrude Evans on October 22, 1932, in Red Oak, Oklahoma. The couple stayed in the area as the started their family and farmed. In 1942 Joe moved the family to Wasco Ca. where he worked as a Ranch Superintendent in agriculture growing mainly cotton and potatoes. Joe was one of the developing pioneers of the Wasco/Semitropic area. After retirement Joe and his wife moved to Mendota to be closer to family and stay busy in the farming business of their son, Earl Hall. Joe was also a professional team roper and he always made sure his boys had good horses to ride. He was a hard-working man, but he enjoyed occasionally go on hunting trips with friends. Joe's family will always remember how generous and giving he was to them. Joe was preceded in death by his sons, W. D. Hall and Baby Robert Hall. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude; sons, James Hall and wife, Sandy of Visalia, Earl Hall and wife, Beverly of Fresno; sister, Gladys Hunt of Paradise, Ca; grandchildren, Brad Hall, Stacy and Todd Hampton, Peggy and Harold Sizemore, Penny and Chris Skeels; great grandchildren, Dallona and Jimmy Ethredge, Devin Sizemore, Heather and Billy Noll and Hillary Skeels; 2 great-great grandchildren, Triston and Maddison.