Dale R. Bishop

MISHLER, BISHOP, DESTIVAL, FEEST, BULA, WETTSTEIN, FREIBERG

Posted By: dbeier (email)
Date: 4/11/2007 at 15:32:01

Dale R. Bishop
MANITOWOC, Wis. - Dale R. Bishop, 66, of 851 North 11th St., Manitowoc, loving husband, father and grandfather, entered eternal life Jan. 19, 2007 at Holy Family Memorial Medical, Center, Manitowoc.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, at St. Michael's Catholic Church, Whitelaw, Wis., with the Rev. James Jugenheimer celebrant. Entombment will follow at Calvary Mausoleum, Manitowoc. Relatives and friends may call at the Harrigan Parkside Funeral Home, N. 11th and St. Clair St., Manitowoc, from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. by Deacon Tom Koch. Friends may also call from 9 a.m. to service time Tuesday at the church.
Dale was born Feb. 21, 1940 in Hazleton, Iowa, the son of the late Russell and Ruth (Mishler) Bishop. Dale was a graduate of Hazleton High School with the class, of 1957. He continued his education at Kirkwood Technical College in Cedar Rapids. On Sept. 27, 1958 he married the former Roberta Destival, of Hazleton, Iowa at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oelwein.
Dale was employed at Paragon Electric in Two Rivers from 1970 until his retirement in 1999 and was also employed part time for Raise-rite Concrete lifting for the past several years. Dale was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church, Whitelaw and the Manitowoc Gun Club along with being an avid sportsman.
He is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Roberta; seven children, Michael (Barbara) Bishop, Kissimmee, Fla.; Greg Bishop, Manitowoc; Mark (Alice) Bishop, Appleton, Wis.; Dianne (Terry) Feest, Kenosha; John (Therese) Bishop, Appleton, Wis.; Mary Bula, Manitowoc; Lisa (Dan) Wettstein, Two Rivers, Wis.; 15 grandchildren, Alexandra (Michael) Bishop; Crystal (Greg) Bishop; Dale II and Abigail (Mark) Bishop; Jamie, Delaney and Mikayla (Dianne) Feest; Molly and Corey (John) Bishop; Andrew, Tyler and Cole (Mary) Bula; Christopher, Ashley and Matthew (Lisa) Wettstein; two brothers, Dean (Claudine) Bishop, Conroe, Texas; David (Vera) Bishop, Warwick, N.Y.; a sister, Dawn (Ron) Freiberg, Pappillion, Neb.; and a brother-in-law: Robert (Velva) Destival, Waterloo.