Arthur E. Hale, age 91 of Princeton, Indiana passed away on Monday, March 21, 2005 at River Oaks Health Campus in Princeton.

He was a 60-year member of the Carpenters Local #546 in Vincennes. He built homes in Tower Heights and in the Smith Reavis Addition. He retired in 1978. 

He was born January 27, 1914 in Gibson County, Indiana, to Wesley and Polly (Hunt) Hale, both deceased. He is also preceded in death by his wife, Mary Irene Hale (1996) and 4 brothers, 3 sisters, a grandson and a great grandson. 

He is survived by his daughter, Rose Mary Robinson of Shoals; 2 sons, Charles Hale of Port Orange, Florida and Stanley Hale of Santa Claus, Indiana; 7 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; and 1 great-great grandchild; sister, Beulah Eastman of Michigan. 

Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, March 24, 2005 at 11:00 AM at the Colvin Funeral Home in Princeton, with the Rev. Tom Stiles officiating. Burial will be at Providence Cemetery in Francisco, IN.

Friends may call from 9 AM until service time on Thursday at the Colvin Funeral Home.