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DEATHS

Richard C. Hale

FLAT ROCK — Richard Carl
Hale, 67, of Flat Rock died of a
heart attack at 8:27 a.m. Wednes-
day at Annapolis Hospital, Wayne.

Friends may call from 4 to 9
p.m. today and from noon to 9
p.m. Friday at the Arthur Bobcean
Funeral Home, where services
will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The Rev. Edgar Herman of St.
Mark’s Lutheran Church will offi-
ciate. Cremation will be held.

Born Sept. 14, 1927, in Detroit,
he was the son of Grant and Flo-
rina (Arccuci) Hale.

Mr. Hale had been employed as
a millwright by Monsanto Chem-
ical for 35 years, retiring in 1985.
For the past two years, he had
been the assistant manager of the
Metro Willow Park Golf Course.

An Army veteran of World War
IL, he served from Dec. 10, 1945,
to Oct. 3, 1946, with the Merchant
Marines.

He was a member of Flat Rock
Lodge 1731, Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks, and had par-
ticipated in its bowling league.

Surviving are two sons, David of
Flat Rock and Richard Jr. of Cali-
fornia; a daughter, Rene Colton
of Garden City; two brothers,
James of Arizona and Grant of
Florida, and seven grandchildren.

__ He was preceded in death by a
daughter, Stacy Hale; a stepson,
Steven Reech; a grandson, Daniel
Hale; a brother, Robert, and two
sisters, Venus Cole and Dorothy
Mementh.