Valerie Anne Hall

Valerie Lindsey Hall was born on March 19, 1951, and passed away on May 4, 2026, in Houston, Texas. The youngest of four children, she was born in Midwest City, Oklahoma in 1951 to Cliff and Jeanne Bacon Lindsey, both of whom precede her in death.

Valerie married Terry Hall, who survives her, on August 10, 1974, in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She is also survived by two sisters, Cherylle and Glenda Lindsey, and brother, Al Lindsey; her four sons, Zachary Hall, Nicholas Hall, Father Columban Mary Hall, O.P., and Brendan Hall; three daughters-in-law, Sharon Billington, Lori Hall, and Laura Hall; and her seven grandchildren, Cecilia Hall, Juliette Hall, Alexander Hall, Joshua Hall, Oliver Hall, Sophie Hall, and George Hall.

Valerie received her B.A. and M.A. from Oklahoma State University. She was a life-long educator, first of her own children, then of other people’s, at Incarnate Word Academy, St. Thomas Episcopal School, and—perhaps most prominently—St. Thomas High School, all in Houston, Texas. Her dedication to her students was fierce and durable: she cared even when (maybe especially when) they didn’t seem to. She would often stay so late grading papers or decorating her classroom—it wasn’t unusual to find her, hunkered down in her classroom, after midnight on a Saturday—that her sons would frequently drive over to perform late-night wellness checks. “Yes,” she would say, when they implored her to get some rest already. “I’m leaving. Just a few more minutes.” A long-standing banner on her corkboard, quoting E.M. Forster, read, “Only connect.” That was her life’s project.

After STH, Valerie worked as an administrative assistant overseeing the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St.Thomas. Her efforts in producing the annual Aquinas Lecture Series were critical to the success of the highly anticipated event. She retired in 2019.

Valerie prided herself on being small but fierce. She was a loving wife, friend, mother, and grandmother—maybe the last, especially. She wanted to make life special for everyone. Her house was warmly infested with dragons and dollhouses; she would drop everything to baby-sit (she would be irked when no baby-sitting opportunity presented itself); she would play inscrutable games, gamely, for hours; she attended an endless succession of sporting events, band concerts, rock concerts, plays, recitals, you name it. She loved, or at least tolerated, a series of increasingly ragged and ungovernable pets.

Her love knew no half measures. Her steadfast faith knew no bounds. She devoted her life to her family, and now she rests.

Valerie’s funeral mass will be celebrated at Holy Rosary Church, 3617 Milam Street, Houston, Texas 77002 on Friday, May 15 at 9:30 a.m., with a reception to follow. On Thursday, May 14, friends and relatives may visit with the family at Earthman Bellaire Funeral Home, 4525 Bissonnet Street, Bellaire, Texas from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., where the Rosary will begin at 6:00 p.m.