Lyle E. Hall, 54, died Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at his home in Kennard.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, June 20, at the First United Methodist Church in Blair. Lyle Eugene Hall was born March 6, 1954, in Sioux City, Iowa, to Harold and Darlene (Little) Hall. He moved with his parents to Kennard in 1963 and to Blair in 1964.

He attended school in Sioux City, Kennard and graduated from Blair High School in 1972.

On Jan. 28, 1971, he married Pattie Carson in Blair. Mr. Hall worked for several companies and, for the last 15 years, he owned and operated the Dew Drop Inn in Kennard. He served on the Kennard Fire and Rescue Squad for 29 years and served as the Fire Chief for 25 years. He was a member of the Blair Fraternal Order of Eagles, and the Blair Golf Club.

In February of 2007, he was diagnosed with melanoma cancer. For more than a year of his life, he fought this ugly disease with all his heart and soul. He didn't want to miss a day of his children's or grandchildren’s lives, no matter how bad it hurt him. His family was always his first priority.

He is survived by his wife, Pattie; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Todd and Lyndsi Hall and Patrick Hall, all of Omaha; daughter and son-in-law, Angela and Brice Rosenbaum of Arlington; nine grandchildren; four brothers and a sister, Chuck Hall, George Hall and Kevin Hall, all of Blair, Lynn Hall of Louisville, and Connie Hall of Seattle, Wash.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Richard O'Hare-Hall.

Campbell-Aman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Burial: Kennard Cemetery, Kennard, Washington County, Nebraska, USA, Plot: Blk 8 Lot 41 Sp 6