Mark Monroe Hall, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend passed away peacefully at home on July 15. 2025. He was blessed to have his family and friends gather together during his final days, and was truly grateful to enjoy every conversation and thoughtful gesture during that time.

Mark was born August 13, 1957 to Harry Amos & Mary Louise (Jackson) Hall in Traverse City, MI, alongside siblings Johnnie Mike (Terry), Rob, Carol (William), Jon (Jessie), Madelon (Rick), Thomas (Jan), Charles (Sandy), Joel (Kathy), Bruce (Laura), Alaina (Greg) and Scott (Cristine).

Mark attended Norris Elementary School where he met many friends, including longtime friends Dave Williams and Joe Bailey.

Mark graduated from Traverse City High School in 1976 and worked many jobs including as a fry cook, machine shops, tending waterfowl, laying block with Tom & the boys, and Jacklin Steel Supply Company, where every stop of the way he made several lasting friendships.

In addition to many lifelong friendships, Mark had many nieces and nephews that he was able to spend time with along with his siblings at many poker nights and fishing trips.

Mark was passionate about birds of all kinds, particularly waterfowl. His love of ducks began with his mother, who nurtured his love of animals. He had a pet duck as a child he named Natalie Wood Duck. He spent the rest of his life with a huge collection of waterfowl, pheasants, quail and many other birds. This lifelong love and admiration of birds culminated in managing WJH Bird Resources in Billings, MT, where he also met his favorite bird lover, Becky.

Throughout his life, Mark threw himself into many hobbies and passions including astronomy, numismatics, baseball, science fiction, vinyl collecting and always displayed deep knowledge on these and many other topics.

Mark will be fondly remembered as the loving husband of Debbie (Budinski). They had recently shared their 42nd anniversary.

He was the father of Alice, Sam and Aimee, and grandfather to Cymone and Tulia. He filled their lives with music and introduced them to many books, films and television shows. They will always remember him in reruns of The Twilight Zone, reading Robert Heinlein and Tolkien books and listening to any one of the classic rock bands he would endlessly quiz them on. Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Rush, and of course, The Beatles, to name a few.

Mark wanted to share his favorite short story, "The Road to Tinkhamtown". It can be found here:

https://www.fieldandstream.co…

He had said that the last months had shown him what was most important in life, and he just wanted to love everyone and see all of his people in heaven.

As per his wishes, Mark spent his final week with the family and friends that he loved dearly. There are no services planned at this time.

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