Eleanore Pastore Hale, passed away at age 90 on Thursday, April 8, 2010 from causes incident to her age, at the home of her daughter in Tooele County, where she lived for the past 18 months. She is reunited with her husband, Blair, who preceded her in death on Oct. 17, 2006, and her son Frederick Scott, who was taken from her in infancy in 1955. Ellie, as she was called by all her friends, was born in Denver on April 12, 1919, the youngest of seven daughters, as well as five sons, born to George (Pasquale) Pastore and Alice Amy Hayden. Following graduation from high school, Ellie left with her mother and all of her earthly possessions and moved to Salt Lake City, where she was hired for a secretarial job at Morning Milk Company. Desiring to improve herself while in Salt Lake, she studied elocution with the great Maude May Babcock of the University of Utah as a private student for five years at the McCune School of Art and Music. She recited a long poem by memory by Longfellow, "King Robert of Sicily" at an Independence Day celebration held at sunset on the steps of the State Capitol in Salt Lake City on July 4, 1943. This was a particularly poignant time for Ellie, as Blair had been reported "missing in action" following a bombing mission over Germany and was not confirmed as a prisoner of war until July 24, 1943. Ellie married Blair A. Hale of Afton on June 15, 1945 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, following his liberation from a POW camp in Southern Germany at the end of World War II. She had met Blair at a church-sponsored dance in Denver that attracted young men from as far away as Laramie, Wyoming, where Blair attended college at the University of Wyoming. They corresponded during the war while Blair was a POW for almost two years. Children soon followed and Ellie counted four among her posterity, Craig (Martha) Farrer of Providence, Utah; Janet (Craig) Hancey of Erda; Eric (Debra) Wilson of Salt Lake City, and Frederick Scott, who died after premature birth in 1955. She moved with Blair and her children to a variety of U.S. Air Force postings throughout the United States, as well as an unaccompanied tour to South Korea. Initially he served at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va.; and later in Merced, Calif.; Montgomery, Ala.; Boulder, Colo.; Logan, Utah, and Hill Air Force Base, finally making their home in Logan, following Blair's retirement from the Air Force in 1965. Ellie focused on making her homes cozy and inviting. She was a wonderful cook, seamstress, a very accomplished knitter and produced beautifully patterned sweaters for her young and growing family. She served for many years as Ward Road Show Director. Mom fostered in her children a wonder of nature, a love of good music, a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ, a sense of justice and fair play, a spirit of tolerance towards others, and a pride in one's heritage. She was a devoted companion to her husband Blair. They served an LDS mission together to Tampa Florida from 1984-1986 and later served as missionaries at the Logan Family History Center for six years. She leaves behind an adoring posterity numbering some 20 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren who will forever call her blessed.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 13. Interment took place in the Logan City Cemetery.