Rosalyn May Hall - Stellmon

Rosalyn May Meier McCall Hall Stellmon, 89, has gone to be with Jesus and her loved ones, on Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at her home in Viola, Idaho.

Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 am, Saturday, September 14, 2024 in the Moscow First Presbyterian Church with a reception to follow. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 pm, Saturday, September 14, 2024 in the Moscow Cemetery.

Rosalyn was born on December 5, 1934 in Clarkston, Washington to Arthur and Hazel Meier at the home of her aunt Murial.

She lived with her parents on their farm 12 miles north east of Reubens, along with her two siters, Jackie and Gerrie. They grew up enjoying the farm life and helping her parents whenever needed. This developed a close loving relationship that continued throughout her life. She attended a one room school (the Meier School) for her first three years of school. The rest of her grade school and high school was at Reubens.

She married James (Jim) McCall on July 12, 1951. They lived in Paso Robles, CA and Alexandra, VA while he was in the Army, then returned to the Reubens area where he worked for his father-in-law on the farm. They had two children, Michelle and Roger. After 16 years of marriage, they divorced but remained friends. 

On June 30, 1967 she married Forrest (Frosty) Hall and they resided at his country home four miles east of Viola, Idaho. He was a professor of civil engineering at the University of Idaho. They enjoyed country living and also traveling throughout the United States and Canada. They enjoyed the Calgary Stampede many times and the beautiful Rockies in Banff National Park. Harrison Hot Springs, BC, was a favorite place for them to spend their anniversaries, dining and dancing in their famous hotel. They also made five trips to Mexico and four to the Hawaiian Islands and drove to the east coast twice to see the different states and enjoy the brilliant fall colors.

With their horses and dog, they spent several weeks each summer packed into the wilderness area; camping, fishing, hiking and riding their horses. She especially enjoyed the German Shepard dogs they had through the years, and her little Jack Russell terrier which was her companion after the loss of her husband. Frosty passed away in September of 2007. They had been married for 40 years. She loved flowers, cooking and caring for her family. She was family oriented, centering her life around her husband and children. She and Frosty enjoyed doing things together and were avid ballroom dancers. 

She was a member of the Moscow First Presbyterian church and a true believer in Robert Schuller’s One Hour of Power on television.

After her husband’s death, she continued to live in the country. In going to church, she became acquainted with Bill Stellmon who had lost his wife, also to cancer, about four years earlier. He was also a U of I retiree having worked as a writer/editor in the College of Agriculture for more that 25 years. It was not long before they fell in love and they were married April 20, 2013. From this marriage she gained four step-daughters; Susan Willemsen, Kerry Joebgen, Kim Farbo (who died in 2017) and nancy Suski, and another step-son Dave Stellmon.

Rosalyn in survived by her husband Bill Stellmon; son Roger (Peggy) McCall of Sandpoint, ID; step-son Rodney Hall of Hayden, ID, son-in-law Fed Canfield of Bend, OR; two grandchildren Dale (Erika) McCall of Sandpoint, ID and Rosa (Patricia) Carr of Spokane, WA; seven great-grandchildren Matt and Justin Canfield of Portland, OR, Brian Forney of Chandler, AZ, Emmalynn and Skyler Carr of Spokane, WA, Gage Ramsay of Sandpoint, ID and Ellesyn McCall of Sandpoint, ID; along with numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death were her parents Arthur and Hazel Meier, her daughter Michelle Marie McCall; sisters Jackie Brammer and Gerrie Johnson, step-daughter Janet Canfield and former husbands Jim McCall and Frosty Hall.

Memorial may be made to the Moscow First Presbyterian Church 405 S Van Buren St Moscow, ID 83843, the American Cancer Society or the Palouse Humane Society.