Funeral services for Ruby Hale, 78, of Monroe, LA will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Monroe with Rev. Marcelle Crowe officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Monroe. Mrs. Hale was born on July 9, 1935 in Peru and passed away on November 24, 2013 in Monroe, LA. She was a retired school teacher of 3rd and 4th grade at Jack Hayes School in Monroe. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Monroe and the UMW Circle. She was predeceased by her husband, Harry Joseph Hale, Jr.; sister, Laurel Andrews and brother, Bennie Erickson. She is survived by her daughter, Debra Jo Hale; son, James Olen Hale and wife, Abby; brothers, Arnold Erickson, Dwight Erickson and Rollin Lowell Erickson; sisters, Evelyn Dunken, Alice Hauser, and Sherrill Nelson; granddaughters, Alice Marjorie Hale, Amelia Mason Hale, and AnnaMei Hale. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Monroe.