SCHINDELE, Dale C. 1918-2005

SCHINDELE, MCMILLAN, TUMILSON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/1/2009 at 17:44:14

Dale C. Schindele

RUDD, IOWA — Dale Charles Schindele, 86, of 618 Depot St. in Rudd, died Friday (Aug. 5, 2005) morning, after a brief illness, at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Church, 805 East Main Avenue in Rockford, with Pastor Patricia Shaw officiating.

Interment will be in the Riverside Cemetery in Rockford with military honors accorded by the Walker-Graper American Legion Post No. 338 Unit.

The family will greet relatives and friends from 4 until 7 p.m. today at the church. A prayer service will be held at 5:30 p.m. The visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday.

Those wishing to make a memorial contribution or an expression of sympathy may direct them to the Dale C. Schindele Memorial Fund.

Thoughts, condolences, and stories may be e-mailed to the family at www.fullertonfh.com .

Dale was born to Charles and Serepta (McMillan) Schindele on Aug. 28, 1918, in Clemons, Iowa.

He married Betty Jane Tumilson on May 19, 1946, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Rockford. To this union two daughters were born. They farmed near Floyd until 1953 and moved to Rudd.

Prior to entering the service, Dale worked for Oswald Strand in Manly. He entered the service on March 19, 1942, and was honorably discharged on Oct. 7, 1945. Dale was a parachute rigger and repairman for the U.S. Army Air Corps stationed in Polebrook, England. He received the Bronze Star, the Silver Star, a Good Conduct Medal, and five overseas bars.

Dale owned and operated a portable feed mill from December of 1953 to March 1964.

In November of 1965, he started work at Child's Company in Charles City as a typewriter technician, retiring in 1982 with 27 years of service.

Dale continued to enjoy life by playing cards, fishing, mowing lawns, and working on farms until his illness.

Dale is survived by his wife, Betty, of Rudd; his two daughters, Marcia (John) Thomason of Leedey, Okla., and Rhonda (Scott) of Eau Claire, Wis.; "special" daughter and son-in-law, Edie and Steve Van Hauen of Waterloo; four grandchildren: Douglas Charles (Kris) Washington of Hampton, Dawn Marie (Randy) Harrel of Leedey, Okla., Nicole Lynn Brown (fiancé, Darren) of Eau Claire, Wis., and Kelly Mae (Kevin) Carrier of Marion; 11 great-grandchildren, Haley Dawn, Sydney Dayle, Jessica Merle, Hank Randall, and Jack Emery Harrel all of Leedey, Okla., Conner Charles, Kalynn Kristine, Samantha Jo, and Jakob Douglas all of Hampton, Jonathan Scott Carl Brown of Eau Claire, Wis., and Lauren Rebecca Carrier of Marion.

Dale is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; twin sister, Dallas Trettin; sisters, Bernadine Nicewarner and Pauline Radke; brothers, Morris and Milton; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Fullerton-Schumburg Funeral Home and Cremation Services, (641) 756-3311 - www.fullertonfh.com .

[Mason City Globe Gazette - July 7, 2005]