Obituary of William Richard Kale

William Richard Kale 89, also known as Bill or Whitey, from Toms River, NJ passed away on May 3, 2020 at Ocean Medical Center.  Bill was born in Trenton, NJ to Frank and Alice Kale on March 19, 1931. He worked in law enforcement and started his career in the US Marine Corps as a Sergeant in the Military Police and is a Korean War Veteran. He was a Correction Officer at Trenton State Prison and a City of Trenton Fire Fighter before accepting a position at the Trenton Police Department where he attained the rank of Sergeant.  Bill had two of many highlights in his career. He prevented a bank robber from detonating a Molotov cocktail within a bank.   Another time he apprehended the notorious “Cat Burglar” that victimized all of Mercer County by working around the clock maintaining a vigilance in the Hiltonia section of Trenton. Bill owned and operated Kale Janitorial, a cleaning, landscaping and snow plowing business throughout his time as a police officer.  Bill had two favorite sayings: “Once a Marine, Always a Marine” and “Hard Work; Clean Living”, which was accompanied by his infamous grin.

Bill is preceded in death by his sister Eileen Creran and Francis Kale.  He is survived by his attentive and loving
wife of 66 years Dorothy (Hoffman) of Toms River, NJ who have been together since the age of 15. His children; Bill Kale and wife Susan, Maureen Kale and
husband Henry Avallone, John Kale and wife Alison; his grandchildren, and light of his life, Joseph and Jennifer Kale;  loving sister and brother Alice Miller and
Joseph Kale.

Due to the Covid 19 pandemic a memorial mass and celebration of life will be scheduled in the near future. The funeral is entrusted to Freeman Manalapan-Marlboro Funeral Home, www.freemanfuneralhomes.com.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Sister Carol Beairsto Residency Fund ℅  Collier Youth Services, sponsored by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, 160 Conover Road, Wickatunk, NJ 07765.