Aroet Lucius Hale the parent of the Hale family of Star Valley, died at his home in Grantsville, Wednesday morning, at the age of eighty-three.
Considering his age he has been remarkably healthy. On Friday morning he went out to do his chores and caught a little cold, he was soon unable to be around, and on Wednesday morning the end came.
A. Lu. Hale, Morris J. Hale two of his sons and Roe Hale grandson and Myrtle great granddaughter of the deceased, all of Afton, left Thursday morning to go to Grantsville to attend the funeral.
The Deseret News and other papers have printed the life of Aroet L. Hale, fairly good until the winter of 1886, when he left Grantsville and went to the southern part of Idaho, where some of his elder children had made their homes. After visiting and hunting and fishing with J.H. Hale in Gentle Valley, he made a pair of Snow shoes and went into Bear Lake County and visited with his son A. Lu. Hale. On the first of may they started for Star Valley and arrived in four days. They took up farms close to the town, helped to survey the town site of Afton, with a long rope, and a carpenter's square, using the noonday sun, the north star and the almanac in place of a compass.
He also helped to plow the sidewalk ditches, which were straight enough to stand alone. He also helped to fence the first ten acres and put it into grain, potatoes and garden and shingled the first house, the shingles being hauled in from Paris. Idaho.
His wife and family moved in during the fall of the same year, and about the year 1888 or 89,, when they were comfortable, he moved back to Grantsville.
In company with his brothers Alma H. and Solomon H. Hale, and their families he organized a family association in order to prosecute Temple work. Over 3,000 people have had the work done for them since his organization was effected and there are over 2,000 names yet to be attended to.
Aroet L and Alma H. Hale have gone to their reward.
The children of the four who came to Utah, are following their parents example in attending to Temple work.
the patriarchal blessing of Aroet L. Hale told him that he would live to be 83 years old, and his death occurred six months after that age. Just before the end came he believed he saw members of his family in the room, and he apparently conversed with them.

Hale, Areot Lucius (1) (i 15 Dec 1911)Star Valley Independent