Milton Charles Hallberg, age 76,
died on November 15, 2012. He was born on April 14, 1936 in Monmouth , IL
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Pauline (Boyer) Hallberg of State
College, PA.
Also surviving are his son, Brian Hallberg, grandson, Brandon
Hallberg, and granddaughter, Gretchen Hallberg all of Port Matilda, PA;
sisters: Vivian George of Goshen,
IN, Ruth Baylor of Bettendorf, IA, and Jeanette Hallberg of Moline, IL; and a
brother, Leon Hallberg of
Bettendorf, IA. He was preceded in death by his father, John Harold Hallberg;
his mother, Hilma Otelia (Swanson) Hallberg; a sister, Joyce Johnson of
Monmouth, IL; a sister Shirley Cleland of San Diego, CA; and daughter-in-law
Nancy (Welsh) Hallberg of Port Matilda, PA.
While at Penn
State
His research efforts were also in these general
areas. During his tenure at Penn
State
He also served as
interim Head of the Department on two separate occasions. Recognition of Milton Hallberg 's contributions to the Agricultural
Economics discipline led to invitations to serve as a visiting scholar at other
institutions in the United
States Washington D.C. Oklahoma State University University of Sydney
in Australia Kiel ,
Germany Belfast , Northern Ireland
He was always most
pleased that his wife, Polly, could accompany him on all of these visits,
except to South America, organizing social discussions with various local
groups and planning a variety of professional and sightseeing trips.
Prior to
beginning his college career, Milton Hallberg
was employed as a depot agent for the CB&Q railroad in Illinois which led
him to a somewhat unique interest in his retirement years – creating a database
of all railroads ever chartered in the U.S. and Canada – which he made
available free to all interested railroad fans via the Internet.
He was also an
avid golfer, and an avid reader. He enjoyed organizing and updating his family
tree which at the time of his death contained over 1,000 entries and traced
some of his Swedish heritage back to 1709. He enjoyed putting together
reference pamphlets on various subjects related to his post-retirement reading
and/or research – e.g., a picture book of European cathedrals he and Polly
visited, a summary of the characteristics of major religions, etc.
He
particularly enjoyed listening to and learning about classical music.
He loved
his family and was always elevated in spirit when his grandchildren came to
visit.
In addition to his other interests during retirement, he was actively
involved in studying U.S. U.S.
agricultural sector over the last two centuries and in cooperation with his
grandson, wrote a rather extensive historical timeline of various U.S.
Visitation will be 6-8 pm on Thursday, November 29,
2012, at Koch Funeral Home, 2401
South Atherton Street State
College .
A memorial service will be held on Friday, November 30,
2012, at 11 am at the funeral home.
A private burial service will be held at a
later date.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Centre Volunteers
in Medicine, 2520 Green Tech Drive, Suite D, State College, PA 16803, or Penn
State THON, 210 Hetzel Union Building, University Park, PA 16802.
Name
of Deceased Milton Charles Hallberg
Age 76
Date
of Death 11/15/2012
Date
of Birth 04/14/1936
Funeral Home Koch Funeral
Home
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