Our beloved Warren was born in Lawrence, Kansas, on February 26, 1941, the fifth of six children, to Milton and Helen Hall. Although Warren had a difficult, but very successful, procedure for blockage in his arteries in April, he was doing very well. His death from heart failure was completely unexpected, but it is comforting to know that God has decreed his day of death. We also find great comfort knowing he belongs to his faithful God and Savior and has entered eternal joy and glory. No one ever believed that Warren was 83, and they would guess his age in late sixties or early seventies.

Warren graduated from Lawrence High School in 1959. Lawrence High School has had 31 undefeated seasons in football, the most in the United States, which included 1956 to 1959, the years in which he played. He was happy to relate the fact that he never lost a football game. Shortly before his graduation, the sports editor of the Lawrence Daily Journal World wrote an article about Warren which completely surprised him. The article condensed stated: "One of the Lawrence High athletes who caught our eye this year was hustling Warren Hall, the handsome little senior who never gave it less than his best. Hall always conducted himself in a way that reflected credit on his school, his family, and himself. A handsome, All-American-looking type of kid, Warren didn't have any single outstanding physical quality, such as blinding speed, great size or special niftiness. But for some reason we often found ourselves watching Warren and hoping that if we ever have a son in athletics he gives as favorable an account of himself as young Hall."

After graduation, he attended Kansas University, sold real estate, and helped his father, a painter. In 1962, he enrolled in President Eisenhower's Reserve Forces Act "to build and maintain powerful civilian reserves immediately capable of effective military service in an emergency." Warren was inducted into the program. He served 6 months active-duty training and 5 1/2 years in the Army reserves.

In September of 1963, Labor Day weekend, Warren made a trip to Denver to visit his best high school friend and his wife. His friend had set him up for a blind date with Carol Stuebbe. He never went home; rather, he called his parents and asked them to send his clothes. In September 23, 1966, Warren married Carol, the love of his life. Warren and Carol were not blessed with children, but they were second parents to many nephews and nieces and great-nephews and great-nieces.

Warren worked in sales for The Quaker Oats Company and for Cutter Laboratories. Because he didn't like leaving Carol every other week and always wanting to teach and coach, he went back to college, graduating from Colorado State University with a bachelor's degree in 1975, later obtaining his master's degree. One of the jobs for which he applied was with the Kern High School District, where many of Carol's family lived. He was hired by West High School in 1975, and they moved to Bakersfield. Warren taught business courses and coached football, basketball, track, and golf over the years. He loved teaching, coaching, and his students. In 1988, he was appointed Dean of Student Activities and Athletics at Shafter High School. When Stockdale High School opened in 1990, he was appointed Dean of Students, and in 1993, he was appointed Stockdale's Assistant Principal of Administrative Services. Warren retired in 2001, as did Carol, a math teacher at Bakersfield High School, or he was going on trips without her, so he joked. They enjoyed every day together, traveling with his new RV and ATV, golfing, and doing whatever he wanted to do any time, any day.

Warren had a wonderful life, but nothing was more important to him than his faith and his family. Warren loved his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Over the years, he served as deacon and elder in the Grace Reformed Church in Bakersfield. To be where most of their family worshiped, they transferred their membership to Ebenezer Reformed Church, Shafter, where his father-in-law had been the pastor.

Warren was a wonderful, faithful, funny, helpful, sentimental, and kind person. He would do anything for anyone, and he wouldn't need to be asked. Second only to his love for the Lord and his faith was his love for his beloved wife, Carol, his family, his in-laws, his nephews, nieces, great-nephews, and great-nieces. He loved them dearly and they dearly loved Uncle Warnie. He would do anything for them.

Warren was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Donald and Jerry; sisters, Barbara Bertrand and Cindy Johnson; father-in-law and mother-in-law Calvin and Marie Stuebbe; brother-in-law Alan Dunn and sister-in-law Judy Dunn; brother-in-law Gordon Larson and nephew-in-law John Larson; brothers-in-law David and Jan Stuebbe. He is survived by his brother Wayne (Nancy); brothers-in-law Robb Wegis and Jim Johnson; sisters-in-law Jean Larson, Evelyn Wegis, Debbie Stuebbe, and Norma Hall, and many nephews and nieces whom he loved very, very much.

Funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, November 4, 2024 at First Presbyterian Church, Bakersfield, with Rev. Ruben Zartman officiating. A private family interment will be held at Shafter Memorial Park, with Rev. Tracy Gruggett officiating. If desired, contributions can be made in Warren's memory to Ebenezer Reformed Church, Shafter, or the Reformed Church in the United States: c/o Randy Schroeder, PO Box 7091, Defiance, OH 43512

"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints." Psalm 116:15

"And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." John 11:26