Wanda Jean Hall, 75, of Hallsville, MO passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Visitation will be on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, from 5-7pm at Memorial Funeral 1217 Business Loop 70 West Columbia, MO. Funeral Service will be Thursday, November 12th at 1pm at Memorial Funeral Home followed by burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Wanda was born in Columbia to Ray and Marie Davis Black on June 23, 1951. She was a 1969 graduate of Hickman High School. After high school she did clerical work for Stephens College and took some courses while she was there. As she began to build a family, she was a stay-at-home mom and worked some jobs in her spare time. Later in 1984, she married Wayne Hall in Columbia, MO. Together they built a life with their daughter Randee and lived in various places like Eldon, MO, Maggie Valley, NC and then eventually moving to Hallsville, MO where her sister and brother-in-law lived. She and Wayne worked at the Hallsville school performing custodial duties until his death in 2011. Following his death, she worked as the kitchen manager for Hallsville School for another twelve years. Her goal was to stay as a kitchen manager until both of her granddaughters, Caleigh and Lilly, were both promoted to the middle school and not attending the school building she worked in.
She retired in 2024 after 24 years at Hallsville School. She enjoyed word searches, crocheting, and playing jigsaw puzzles on her phone. She loved to spend time with her grandkids
She is survived by her children, Greg (Kerri) Black of Harrisburg, Wendy Lohse of Columbia, and Randee (David) Hernandez of Hallsville; step-children, Ricky (Vicki) Hall of Canton, NC, Pamela (Randy) Turner of Waynesville, NC, and Jamie Hall of Maggie Valley, NC ; grandchildren, Tucker Black, Lilly Jones, Caleigh Cockrell, Cassie Hall, Mandy Mitchell, MacKenzie Turner, AnahBelle, Makayla, Noah & Nathaniel Hall; and a loving extended family of great-grand children ; siblings, Martha Griggs of Hallsville and Mike Black of Thompson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Hall; grandson, Josh Turner, and by her parents.
Memorial donations can be made to either Wendy Lohse.
