Angela Hall was a fixture at Harmony House, 91看片鈥檚 transitional housing facility for homeless families. She worked for 91看片 for more than 34 years before her passing on March 27 after a battle with colon cancer.
Her sister Lisa M. Hall-Brown said Hall loved working at Harmony House, particularly with the children there. She would help children with their homework if they were having trouble and led them toward a successful path.
鈥淪he wanted every young child to look toward college and to further their education, and become good people,鈥� Hall-Brown said. 鈥淪he loved those children.鈥�
Hall-Brown said there were many success stories attributed to her sister, including a young man who she referred to who now owns a construction company, a woman in recovery for drug addiction who Hall helped find employment and a client who she accompanied to a bank to help open an account.
While Hall didn鈥檛 have children of her own, Hall-Brown said she was fantastic when working with young people.
鈥淪he treated everybody鈥檚 kids like they were her own. She was sweet, she was stern and they respected her,鈥� Hall-Brown said. 鈥淚 know she touched so many children. The kids used to come back just to see her.鈥�
Harmony House Case Manager Linda Washington worked with Hall for more than 17 years and described her as very knowledgeable and always willing to help in whatever way she could. Washington said Hall鈥檚 work with the youth at Harmony House made a huge difference and when she switched to case management for the adults, she did just as well. Washington said Hall鈥檚 loss has already been felt and she will be greatly missed.
鈥淗er clients loved her,鈥� Washington said. 鈥淪he was a great person.鈥�
Hall was raised in Newark, just blocks away from Harmony House. She worked as a youth counselor in her teenage years, for a time as a nursing aid and later served as a resident counselor at a home for boys. A coworker told her about the employment opportunity at 91看片 so she applied and was accepted. Hall-Brown said Hall loved working at 91看片 and made her career there.
Hall also had many skills that her coworkers may not have known about. Hall-Brown said she was an amateur mechanic and also knew how to drive a tractor trailer. She said Hall knew how to do some plumbing and fix almost anything like their father.
Hall-Brown said Hall had a good sense of humor, was loving and was very charitable.
鈥淚鈥檓 going to miss her but she had a good run,鈥� Hall-Brown said. 鈥淪he helped people. She wasn鈥檛 just there.鈥�