Marilyn Bale

MARILYN F. BALE Marilyn F. Bale, 72, of Independence, died Thursday at her home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Church of God in Independence, with burial in Mount Hope Cemetery. Potts Chapel is handling arrangements. Mrs. Bale was born Dec. 7, 1936 in Pratt, the dqughter of William and Bertha Elliott Epley. She married Albertice Bert R. Bale on Dec. 27, 1953 at Pratt, and he survives at the home. Mrs. Bale, a homemaker, was a member of the Church of God. In addition to her husband, survivors include three sons, Rockland Rocky Bale, of Sparkman, Ark., Rod Bale, of Reed Springs, MO., and Randy Bale, of Independence; two daughters, Margo bale, of Houston, Texas, and Valerie Bale, of Independence; a brother Robert Epley, of Watsonville, Calif., and three sisters, Julia Douglass, of Independence, Marge Heiser, of Northridge, Calif., and Emabel Berryman, of Cozad, Neb. Memorials can be made to Harry Hynes Hospice.