Kelly Ann Hale's Obituary
Kelly Ann Hale
Our beloved wife, mother, daughter, and sister, Kelly Ann Hale, passed away Tuesday,
March 15, 2022, just two days before her 62nd birthday. Kelly was born March 17,W
1960, in Ogden, Utah, to Paul and Shirlene Ripplinger.
Kelly had graduated from Weber High School and attended Brigham Young University,
where she met her future husband, Brent Norman Hale, soon after she returned from a
study abroad program in Israel.
Kelly and Brent married on March 6, 1981, in the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are blessed with three handsome, blond sons,
Danny, Nathan, and Benjamin. The family has lived in Provo, Clinton, and Pleasant View, Utah.
Brent served the military in Aurora Colorado, Minot North Dakota, and later Okinawa Japan.
Kelly was a talented oils and pencil artist and met many professional Utah artists.
She loved to create art in trade for home services such as the two fireplaces in their Clinton home.
Her favorite subjects were the Holy Land, horses, and ocean creatures.
One of Kelly's paintings now hangs in the BYU Jerusalem Center in Israel.
She loved and adored babies and children, animals and baby animals, gardens and nature.
Because of her love of Israel and the Bible, Kelly visited to the Holy Land twice, once for
several months. She greatly loved the Lord and the gospel and while living in Okinawa loved being the sister missionaries' on-call driver.
Kelly and Brent also have a love for the vast oceans. They maintained a 150 gallon saltwater
marine tank while in Okinawa and kept exotic fish healthy for several years after
returning to the United States.
Kelly is survived by her former husband Brent Norman Hale, sons Daniel Brent Hale,
Nathaniel Paul Hale, Benjamin Joseph Hale, her mother Shirlene Kelly Ripplinger, and
three brothers; Randall Ray Ripplinger, Kent Paul Ripplinger, Michael Scott Ripplinger,
and sister Jana Lynn Lloyd. Her father Paul Grant Ripplinger preceded Kelly in death.
Because of her love of the ocean, Kelly's ashes will be legally scattered miles off the California coast.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday March 26, at the Clearfield Stake
Center Chapel, 935 South State Street, Clearfield Utah.
To view the broadcast of the service click on this link:
https://meet.jit.si/moderated/0464a5a7de59968961c3091354c3482490e9b8160d46484a834dea700be9e0c8
Please donate to the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America in lieu of flowers
http://support.mymsaa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=rv16_Honor_Memorial_Donations
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