MRS. EMMA ELIZABETH HALE

Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Hale, 70, an assistant to the dean of women at Defiance College, was found dead in bed at her room in Trowbridge Hall, a women's dormitory, today at about 9 am. Her attending physician who had been doctoring her for a heart condition said a heart attack caused death probably about 6 o'clock this morning during her sleep. Dr. Maria Helena Nagy, director of Trowbridge, discovered the body. Mrs. Hale, a daughter of Richard and Julia Cavanaugh Caton was born in Putnam County on June 28, 1882. Surviving are a son, Ralph C. Hale, 420 West High St., a brother James Caton, Napoleon, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. The body was removed to the Morris Mortuary. Mrs. Hale was a member of the Altar Society of St. Mary's Catholic church, and the rosary will be recited at the mortuary Friday at 8 pm. Services will be in St. Mary's church Saturday at 930 am in charge of Rev. Gerald F. Connolly. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery.