Hale, Otto
Otto Thomas Hale of Fredericktown died Wednesday, March 9 at Madison 
Memorial Hospital.  Mr. Hale a truck driver for Gifford Lumber Co., was 77.  

Chapel services were held Saturday, March 12 at Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. 
Clyde Bess officiating.  Burial was in Marcus Memorial Park.  

Serving as pallbearers were Bobby Corrado, Mike Kemp, John Freeland, LeRoy 
Berry, Freddie Hale Jr. and Mike Corrado. 

Mr. Hale was born August 22, 1905 in Madison County to the late Thomas and 
Ollie (Kervot) Hale.  He married the former Iva Chenoworth August 6, 1932 in 
Fredericktown.  She survives.  

Other Survivors include five sons, Paul Hale, Freddie Hale, Wayne Hale 
and Tex Hale, all of Fredericktown and Thomas Hale of Stillwater, Okla.; 
five daughters, Judy J. Stephens, Wilma Freeland, Laura Lindsey and 
Lolly Browning, all of Fredericktown and Hilda Corrado of Litchfield, Ill.; 
two brothers, Frank Hale of Lodi and Milford Hale of Denver, Colo.; two 
sisters, Nellie LaPlant of Piedmont and Ruth Hollister of Fresno, Calif.; 
26 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.  

Preceding Mr. Hale in death were his parents; three children, Debbie 
Hale, Dolly Hale and Otto Hale; two brothers, Fred Hale and Willard 
Hale and a sister, Maude Proffer.  

Mr. Hale was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church.