Dora Hallum, 1915-2016

Published 9:00 am Sunday, July 3, 2016

Dora May (Wysong) Hallum, 100, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 27, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society of Albert Lea.  

Dora was born Aug. 25, 1915, near Manchester.  She was baptized and confirmed in West Freeborn Lutheran Church.

Dora and Herman Hallum were united in marriage in the chapel in Hartland. They farmed south of Manchester for 13 years before moving to an acreage south of Oakland. They then purchased a home in Austin, where they lived for more than 50 years. Dora and Herman were a team. They built custom cabinets for kitchens, bathrooms, etc., as well as other carpentry work in the Austin area. Vacations often found them searching for agates on northern Minnesota shores. They cut and polished the stones, creating small pieces of jewelry with them.

Dora Hallum

Dora is survived by two children, Dale Hallum (Mary) of Clarks Grove and Helen Hagen (David) of Charles City,  Iowa; three grandchildren, Cathy Hagen Draz (John) of Knightdale, North Carolina, Carol Hagen Powers (Jay) of Georgetown, Texas, and Suzanne Hallum Mauer (Max) of Albert Lea; great grandchildren  Shaun Gerloff (Kimberly) of Charlotte, North Carolina, Courtney Draz Beck (Jamie) of Raleigh, North Carolina, Cody Draz of Knightdale and Avery Mauer of Albert Lea; and great-great-grandchildren Adalynn and Parker Gerloff of Charlotte.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman; parents Walter and Emma Wysong; three sisters, Neva Lerum, Hulda Jochumson and Ethel Wysong; brother, Howard Wysong; and infant grandson, Jacky Hagen.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Oakland Lutheran Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church.

Dora’s family would like to give a special thanks to the staff at Good Samaritan Society for their kindness and patience in the last 15 months of her life, when she could no longer live in her own home.