Niki Hollings Hambright

Posted on: Dec 23, 2021 at 6:47 AM

Talese Estelle (Haiduk) Hall was born on February 8th, 1973 in Des Moines, Iowa to Arlene and Harry Haiduk. She died on Sunday, October 24th, 2021, in Austin, TX. Her name was selected by her mom at the hospital from a book she read in the waiting room written by author Gay Talese who is an American journalist and international bestselling author.
Talese suffered from chronic pain and avascular necrosis of the hips but continued to live a life full of passion and loved her pets. The word “hippie” could describe her well. She usually had 6 or more dogs that she adored. She also was extremely talented at computer programming and graphic design. If you knew her well, you would know that she loved tattoos and body art. Growing up, she graduated from Amarillo High School and worked at Michaels stores. She always had a craft project in progress and had a great eye for floral arranging. She attended Austin Community College and University of Texas-Austin. She met her husband, Bart Hall, while working as a business analyst and living in downtown Dallas through a mutual friend, Kevin. They married on May 11, 2001 and soon welcomed their only child Edie Hall into the world.
Talese is survived by her husband Bart Hall, daughter Edie Myree Hall and son-in-law Jared Gore of Vernon, TX, her parents, Arlene and Harry Haiduk of Amarillo, TX, and siblings Celeste Haiduk Cox and husband David Cox of McKinney, TX, Morgan and wife Alma Sue Haiduk of Groom, TX, and Amanda Haiduk Fangman of Justin, TX. She is also survived by nieces Sofia Faro and Kensley Fangman and nephews Sebastian and Luciano Faro, Trienan Haiduk, Anthony Haiduk and Jace Fangman.
Memoriams can be made to: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The celebration of life will be held on Thursday, December 9th at 11 am at Fellowship of the Parks – Justin, 3105 FM 407, Northlake, TX 76247.