ANDERSON — Larry Lee Hale, 81, Anderson, passed away Monday, July 2, 2018.
He was born April 30, 1937, in Warsaw, to the late Palmer A. and Wilma F. Andrews Hale.
Larry graduated from Warsaw High School in 1955. He was employed by Dalton's Foundry & Sun Metal Products. An opportunity presented to him by sponsor, Mr. Forrest Croop, his shop teacher, to begin a four-year apprenticeship as tool and die maker at Delco Remy. During his career he worked in design and experimental equipment making, tool room supervisor, applications engineering, process plant engineering, and retired in 1992 as a senior project engineer. He continued his career consulting for special assignments with Continental Design and Rapid Design. This allowed him to travel to Georgia, Portugal, France and Mexico.
Larry advised and taught at Junior Achievement and the Apprentice School. He also substituted at Ivy Tech in post-graduate studies.
He attended New Horizons United Methodist Church, where he helped his wife with projects. He was a member of SAL, Middletown American Legion, Anderson Fraternal Order of Elks Post 209, Warsaw Fraternal Moose Lodge Post 260 and Fellowship Masonic Lodge F&AM 681. He also served on Middletown Library Board and the St. Vincent Advisory Board.
He is survived by the love of his life, his wife of 61 years, Doris "Dori" Hartman Hale; children: Lee E. (Artie) Granger, Laura L. Hardacre and Michael A. (Sheila) Hale; nine grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and special pet, Bandit.
He was preceded in death by his brother, James Allen Hale, and son-in-law, Curtis E. Hardacre.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 7, at Brown-Butz-Diedring Funeral Service & Crematory, Anderson, with Pastor Brad Hensley officiating. Burial will be at Mechanicsburg Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
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Memorials to the Middletown Library or the New Horizons Methodist Church Building Fund.
Send condolences to the family at www.brownbutzdiedring.com.
