Kimberly A. Hale

Bennington – Kimberly A. Hale, 43, a resident of South St., Bennington, VT, died unexpectedly at her home on Monday, June 22, 2009.
Born in Bennington on August 24,1965, the daughter of Donald Bourn and the late Pauline (Beckley) Bourn, she received her education in Shaftsbury, VT, Bennington and Arizona. Kim had worked as a shift supervisor at National Hanger Company. She enjoyed camping, fishing, writing poetry and animals.
She was married to John Hale, who passed on October 24, 2001. Kim leaves her father and step-mother, Donald and Jeanneatte Bourn of Berlin, NY, sons, Shawn and Mitchell Allen, a sister, Lisa Harrington of North Adams, MA, a brother, Donald Bourn, Jr. of Cambridge, NY, step-daughters, Kimberly, Amy and Sandy Hale, half-brothers, Mark, Morris, Claude and Michael Barden and Louin, Raymond and Joseph, half-sisters, Nancy, Victoria, Jeanneatte and Karen,  aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. A brother, Nicholas, pre-deceased her in 1974.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, June 24, at 11 am at the Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home in Bennington. Friends called from 10 to 11 am. Burial followed in Mettowee Valley Cemetery in Granville, VT.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Vermont Lung Assn. in care of Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home, 213 West Main St., Bennington, VT, 05201.
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