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Fleming & Billman Funeral Directors
Online obituary


               DENNIS N. "BUTCH" HALE, 75 of  Rock Creek, Ohio died
               Wednesday (Sept. 2nd, 2015) at the home of his daughter in
               Ashtabula, Ohio. He was born January 23, 1940 in Cleveland,
               Ohio the son of CLAYTOR and RUBY (BUSSER) HALE with his
               mother dying in childbirth.

	       DENNIS was a veteran of the Army in the late 1950’s. He
	       later served on the Great Lakes and was the sole survivor of
	       the shipwrecked Daniel J. Morrell which sank on Lake Huron
	       on November 29, 1966. He was later a best-selling  author
	       writing  his book "Shipwrecked".  He was an honorary member
	       of the International Shipmasters Association; the Great
	       Lakes Lore Museum and the Maritime Museum of Sandusky.

	       He was a founder of the Ashtabula Lighthouse Restoration and
	       Preservation Society; a member of the Knights of Columbus
	       and had been curator of the Ashtabula Marine Museum for six
	       years. He retired from work as a machinist with Rotor Tool
	       and TRW.

	       Surviving him are his wife,  Barbara (Zinn) Hale whom he
	       married August 3, 2002; two daughters, Cindi (Gary) Titch of
	       Geneva-on-the-Lake and Katherine (Kenneth) Scaife of
	       Wooster, Ohio; two step children, John C. (Laura) Robinson
	       of Thompson, Ohio and Melissa LaMar of Rock Creek, Ohio;
	       seven grandchildren, Jill Fleeson, Jessica Crislip,
	       Cassandra Crislip, James LaMar, Justin LaMar, Joseph
	       Robinson and Sarah Robinson and a great grandson, Jack
	       Cooney. He was preceded in death by his parents; two
	       brothers, Gaylord Hale and Babe Hale and a sister, Jean
	       Laparo.

	       A Mass of Christian burial was held on Friday (Sept. 4th) at
	       Our Lady of Peace, St. Joseph Church with burial in St.
	       Joseph Cemetery in Saybrook Township.

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