{"id":4999,"date":"2021-06-03T12:17:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T12:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=4999"},"modified":"2021-06-05T15:09:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T15:09:27","slug":"joseph-p-mchale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=4999","title":{"rendered":"Joseph P. McHale"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Joseph Patrick \u201cJoe\u201d McHale \u2013 88 \u2013 formerly of Hornell,\u00a0 passed away in Middleburg, Florida following a long illness.<\/p>\n

Born in Hornell on February 14, 1932, he was the son of Michael and Twila (Meyers) McHale.<\/p>\n

Joe grew up in Hornell and was a graduate of Hornell High School (class of 1949).\u00a0 He served in the U.S Navy from 1951-1955 aboard the USS Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Following his navy years, he graduated from Compton Junior College in California receiving his AAS degree.<\/p>\n

Returning to Hornell, he worked for Owens publishing in Dansville, managed the Lone Gable Bar\/Restaurant, and retired from the USPS (as a rural route carrier).<\/p>\n

Joe was an avid golfer, having played all over the world while in the navy.\u00a0 He was a member of the (old) Hornell Country Club and later the Twin Hickory Golf Club. He and his wife, Julie, were snowbirds for years, enjoying golf all over Florida.\u00a0 Joe was a real handyman who was always ready to fix or repair anything.\u00a0 He also loved woodworking, and all of his family have examples of his work: Pendulum clocks, footstools, bookshelves, and the like.\u00a0 So many memories!!!<\/p>\n

Throughout the years, Joe had been a member of the Hornell Elks Lodge and later the Green Cove Springs Elks Lodge in Green Cove, FL; the Hornell American Legion, the Hornell Knights of Columbus and the Hornell AMVETS.<\/p>\n

In addition to his parents Joe was preceded in death by three brothers, Tom (Jo) McHale, Ray (Mary Lou) McHale and Steve Mchale; his sister-in-law, Anne Williams.<\/p>\n

He was married on September 19, 1970 to the former Julie Tristen who survives.\u00a0 Also surviving are his daughters Kiera McHale and Erin McHale (Jerry) Smith of Middleburg, Fl;\u00a04 grandchildren, Christian Torres, Adriana Torres, Kaleb Smith and Aliyah Smith; his brother Jim (Lucille) McHale of Tafton, PA; sister-in-law Leona Purcell of Orange Park Florida; his brothers-in-law Bill Shane of Oklahoma and Brad Williams of Bath NY; and sister- in-law Linda McHale; along with many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n

Joe was dearly loved and is sorely missed.<\/p>\n

The family of Joe McHale will receive friends on Saturday, June 12, 2021 from 2:00 PM \u2013 3:00 PM at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>A Memorial Service with Military Honors will be held at the conclusion of calling hours at 3:00 PM with Deacon Robert McCormick officiating.<\/p>\n

The Memorial Service for Joseph McHale will be streamed live and can be viewed on <\/strong>the Dagon Funeral Home Facebook page on Saturday at 3:00 PM by visiting www.facebook.com\/dagonfuneralhome<\/a>.\u00a0 The video will remain available for viewing on our Facebook page for 30 days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Family & friends are invited to attend a reception at The Main Place, 251 Main St., Hornell immediately following the Memorial Service (4:00 PM) to share stories & memories of Joe.<\/p>\n

Final interment will be held at the Bath National Cemetery, Bath, NY.<\/p>\n

In honor of Joe\u2019s service to his country as a member of the US Navy, the American Flag at the Dagon Funeral Home will be flown at half-staff.<\/p>\n

Joe\u2019s family request that donations in his memory be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 435 East Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY\u00a0 14620.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joseph Patrick \u201cJoe\u201d McHale \u2013 88 \u2013 formerly of Hornell,\u00a0 passed away in Middleburg, Florida following a long illness. Born in Hornell on February 14, 1932, he was the son of Michael and Twila (Meyers) McHale. Joe grew up in Hornell and was a graduate of Hornell High School (class of 1949).\u00a0 He served in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4999"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5004,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999\/revisions\/5004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}