DONNA DALE

ALLEN-Graveside services for Donna Jean Dale, 77, of Allen are 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Allen Cemetery, Rev. Chad Kaminski will officiate. Friends and family may call at the Allen Chapel from 3:00 p.m. Tuesday until service time.

Mrs. Dale died Saturday, March 29, 2014 at her home. She was born February 7, 1937 in Crane Creek Township, Mason County, Illinois to Roy and Nelda Marie Williams Justice. She attended high school in Kilbourne, Illinois.

She married Clyde Alfred Dale on July 18, 1954. He preceded her in death on January 28, 2012. Mrs. Dale worked and retired from the headstart program in Creve Coeur, Illinois. After her retirement, she and her husband moved to Oklahoma. She was a member of the Allen First Baptist Church.

Survivors include her daughter, Debbie Jean Pitts of Allen; a son, Clyde Dwayne Dale and wife Kim of Atoka; 3 grandchildren, Jacob Pitts, Allen, Trista Aultman and husband Alex, Ada, and Kaylee Heck and husband Chase of Ada; 2 great grandchildren, Evison Catron, Ada, and Kamden Heck of Ada; two sisters, Marjorie Stockham of Pekin, IL and Shirley Ann Justice of Lincoln, IL; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; 8 brothers, Robert E. Justice, Roy Gaylan Justice, Wilbur E. Justice, Jerry Justice, John Justice, Guy Justice, Harold Justice and an infant brother; 2 sisters, Mildred Haggerty and Wanda Snyder.

Bearers will be Bobby Linker, Doug Peay, Alan Pruitt, John Cook, Chase Heck and Alex Aultman. Honorary bearers will be Wilbur Justice Jr., Randy Stockham, and Jacob Pitts.

Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada