Funeral Services for Wilbert Lee Hale, will be1:00 PM Monday, February 26, 2018 at Spear Mulqueeny Funeral Home, 667 Mentor Avenue, Painesville, Ohio. Family and friends may call from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM Monday, at the funeral home.  Burial will be in Western Reserve Memorial Gardens in Chesterland.

McMinnville, TN resident and Warren County, TN native, Wilbert Hale, age 79, was born November 25, 1938 and died February 20, 2018 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following an extended illness. Retired from Radix Wire and a member of Long Mountain Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Skiler and Cora Opia Hathaway Hale. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by son, Alan Hale; brother, Bernice Hale; and twin sister, Willie Pauline Hale. He was married on July 27, 1996 to Nancy Marler Hale of McMinnville. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two children, Trina Smith and Diena Hale both of Painesville, OH; two step-sons and spouses, Alan and Kimberly Klotzbach of Columbus, OH and Brian and Susan Klotzbach of Painesville, OH; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; brother, James Hale of McMinnville; daughter-in-law, Betty McFarland-Hale of Painesville, OH; and several cousins also survive.