Obituary

Creighton B. Hale

Services for Creighton B. Hale, 62, of 207 Wrigley St., Clearfield, who died Saturday, Jan. 7, at Clearfield Hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Leavy - Valigorsky Funeral Home Inc., Curwensville, with the Rev. James Gilliam Officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville.

Friends will be received at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m. and until the hour of services tomorrow.

Born in Curwensville Nov. 8, 1921, he was a son of Frank and Mary (Shubert) Hale. He worked for the county and was an Army veteran of World War II.

Mr. Hale is survived by seven sons and three daughtwers: Kenneth Bloom, Charles Hale, John Hale, James Hale, Michael Hale and Mrs. Robert (Tina) Lenhart, all of Clearfield; Creighton Hale Jr. of Somerset; Keith Hart of Oil City, Dorothy Hale of Hyde and Mrs. Michael (Lori) Rose of Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.; 20 grandchildren, one brother, William Shubert of Rockton, and three sisters, Mrs. Louise Beightol and Mrs. Betty Elensky, both of Curwensville, and Mrs. Frank (Alice) Hipps of Hyde.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, John.

The family suggests that contributions be made to the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
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The compiler’s first cousin Wilbur Lines, Jr., knew Creighton Hale well. He remembers seeing Creighton falling asleep standing up, leaning against a porch post at our uncle Elmer’s house. Wilbur said, “he could fall asleep anywhere.” Creighton was married to Elmers wife Betty’s sister.349