He had been employed by Miles Laboratories until the late 1960s and was a farmer most of his life.
He graduated from Ligonier High School and attended Southwestern Michigan College.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and participated in the atom bomb trials in the Marshall Islands.
He was born May 3, 1927 in Detroit to Ceyland and Vesta (Flager) Hale.
Surviving are 3 daughters and sons-in-law, Janet and Rick Whiteman of Granger, Diana and Brian Taylor of Cassopolis, Mich., and Paula and Todd Mooth of Edwardsburg, Mich.; a son, Leroy of South Bend; 7 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Paul; and a sister, Jeanette. Services Saturday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City. Burial, Wolf Lake Cemetery. ^ 4-12-2006
He had been employed by Miles Laboratories until the late 1960s and was a farmer most of his life.
He graduated from Ligonier High School and attended Southwestern Michigan College.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and participated in the atom bomb trials in the Marshall Islands.
He was born May 3, 1927 in Detroit to Ceyland and Vesta (Flager) Hale.
Surviving are 3 daughters and sons-in-law, Janet and Rick Whiteman of Granger, Diana and Brian Taylor of Cassopolis, Mich., and Paula and Todd Mooth of Edwardsburg, Mich.; a son, Leroy of South Bend; 7 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Paul; and a sister, Jeanette. Services Saturday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City. Burial, Wolf Lake Cemetery. ^ 4-12-2006
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