Phoenix Soleil Hale

Phoenix Soleil Hale, 18, of Cranberry Township, passed away on March 18, 2026 due to health issues stemming from her battle with ovarian cancer.

She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather; her paternal grandmother; her baby brother, Shiloh Hale; and her cousins, Aleksander Teimouri and Nicholas Debiase.

Phoenix is survived by her loving parents, Marcia and Falcon Hale; her elder sister, Cheyenne Hale and younger brother, Tacoma Hale; her maternal grandmother, Dolores Fleis, Paternal grandfather, Enoch Hale, her maternal uncles, Mark (Marianne) Fleis and Richard Fleis; and her maternal aunts, Dr. Christina (Craig Debiase) Teimouri, Angela (Rick) Gatenby, and Andrea (Mauricio) Giraldo, Paternal aunts, Virginia Primus, Sheryl Cross, Veronica Smith, and Brenda Hale.  Paternal uncles Michael Cross, Jason Hale, Rod Hale, and Derrick Hale. She is also survived by her cherished cousins, Michael, Maci, Kiera, Evan, Aryelle, Christian, Mary, Johnny, Matthew, Katelyn, and Allison.

Phoenix will forever be remembered for her beautiful, warm, artistic, and tender soul, whose passion for creating and gifting in artwork touched so many and left a lasting impression on everyone she met. She will be fondly remembered for the kindness and generosity she shared so freely. She won multiple art contests at her Ambridge elementary school starting in kindergarten and later won the Holiday Greeting Card Contest in 2017 and 2018. She was the designer of her school’s yearbook front cover and elected president of her fifth-grade class.  She then moved to Cranberry Township school district and continued to make artistic contributions there, in the school's yearbooks. She was the winner of the digital art award at Robert Morris University.

From a young age, Phoenix's fire for the arts grew stronger and brighter when she began to animate her own storylines using creative outlets, including a YouTube channel she began around the age of 10.  While recovering from cancer surgery and removal of ovarian tumors, she also illustrated a published children’s book, The Alligator and His Yummy Fish Dish, leaving behind a lasting testament to her artistic talent.  Pairing her artform with an interest in studying psychology, her goal was to develop her own production company comparable to Pixar, and make animated movies with inspirational messages of hope, health, and well-being.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 6:30 PM on Thursday, May 28, 2026 at St. Ferdinand Church, 2535 Rochester Rd, Cranberry Twp, PA 16066. A Mass with Reverend Joseph Carr will immediately follow at 7:30 PM. After Mass, the family has invited everyone to enjoy an outdoor Sundae Bar as the sun sets, in honor of "our little Yum-Yum" as she was affectionately nicknamed for her love of treats, her favorite being ice cream Sundaes!

In honor of her memory, her children’s book remains available for those who wish to celebrate her creativity: The Alligator and his Yummy Fish https://a.co/d/018aOmM7

The family would like attendees to RSVP for the celebration of life at: 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScoIaN1QDKEyNRF3s4te0_fFCAu-umY8sQcwOkNJj2jpLgVJw/viewform

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the GoFundMe. Your support will help ease the financial burden of hospital and funeral expenses, allowing the family to focus on healing and honoring the incredible person Phoenix was.      https://gofund.me/c2e4e03c7