Kenneth Hale

   SOUTH BOUND BROOK — Kenneth D. "Kippy" Hale died March 16 at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 53.
   Born in New Brunswick, he had grown up in Manville and lived in South Bound Brook for 30 years. Mr. Hale had been employed by the Sanitation Department in South Bound Brook for 27 years, and retired on disability one year ago.
   Surviving are his wife, Veronica (Gano) Hale, a daughter, Heidi; one brother, Allen James of Manville; and two sisters, Joann Pilegis of Highland Park and Linda Lou Piller of Saylorsburg, Pa.
   The funeral was held Wednesday from Hagan-Chamberlain Funeral Home in Bound Brook, followed by a funeral Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Church, South Bound Brook. Interment was in Resurrection Burial Park, Piscataway