WEST TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Carole Margaret Hale, 77, of West Terre Haute, Ind., passed away at 5:40 a.m. Monday, April 30, 2018, at Clinton Gardens surrounded by her family.
A funeral service is 10 a.m. Thursday, May 3, at Fitzpatrick Funeral Home, 220 North 3rd Street, West Terre Haute, with Pastor George Guinn officiating. Burial is in Pleasantview Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home. Pallbearers are Phil Kashon Jr., Richard Hale Jr., Christopher Hale, Eric Hale, Mike Peperak, Jason Saavedra and honorary pallbearer Jones Berger.
Mrs. Hale was born Nov. 16, 1940, in Vermillion County, Ind., the daughter of the late Otto Kleeman Kelley and Helen Priscilla Kidd Kelley. She married Billy Arthur Hale, and he survives.
She is also survived her sons, Billy M. (Rebecca) Hale and Richard L. (Laura) Hale; her daughter, Pamela I. (Phil) Kashon; her grandchildren, Phil Kashon Jr., Heather Peperak, Jennifer Hale, Eric Hale, Richard Hale Jr. and Christopher Hale; her great-grandchildren, Melanie Kashon, Hayden Kashon, Raelynn Peperak, Emmerson Peperak, Jones Berger, Rocio Hale-Saavedra, Evelyn Hale and Annmarie Hale; her brother, Wayne (Helen) Kelley; her sister, Mary Lou Cottrell; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters.
Mrs. Hale was a member of Solid Rock Baptist Church, Clinton, Ind. She was a member and vice president of the New Goshen Water Board. She loved to sew, quilt, garden and tend to her flowers and koi fishpond. She was a devoted wife and loving mother and grandmother, who enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to Heart to Heart Hospice, with envelopes available at the funeral home.
Online condolences at www.fitzpatrickfunerals.com.