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- LKH note:
Census and military registration records seem to show that Joseph married to Edna Unknown before 1917. They raised two daughters, Agnes and Hazel, who would be the correct ages for Hazel's daughters mentioned in her obit.
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- Joseph Hales, Decorator, Dies
Services for Joseph R. Hales, Jr., 70, prominent interior decorator, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Dobbling Funeral Home, Ft. Thomas. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Hales, who lived at 313 N. Ft. Thomas avenue, Ft. Thomas, died Saturday in St. Luke Hospital. He was owner of the Morton Hales Co. at 125 W. Fourth street, Cincinnati.
Mr. Hales was a native of Frankfort, Ky. He started in furniture sales at Versailles, Ky., at the age of 18 and moved to Cincinnati two years later.
In 1919 Mr. Hales began an interior decorating partnership which continued for years. He bought out the last partner several years ago, and since then had operated the business himself.
A 32nd Degree mason, he was a past master of Harmony Lodge, F.&A.M., Cincinnati.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Edna E. Hales; two daughters, Mrs. Hazel Southgate and Mrs. Agnes Blackford, both of Ft. Thomas; a brother, James Hales of Southgate; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.
The Kentucky Post and Times-Star, Covington, Kentucky. Monday, 5 February 1962.
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