William Dale, 58, 221 South Elliott St., Olney died yesterday afternoon (May 31, 1977) at Richland Memorial Hospital.

Services at the Xenia Christian Church with burial in the Henson Cemetery south of Xenia. Officiating pastors Gene Wands and Ed Dowden.

Bill Dale was born November 10, 1918 in Mt. Carmel to Maurice and Augusta Stone Dale. He married Georgia Henson in St. Louis, Mo. April 28, 1942.

He and his family moved to Olney when he was a child and in 1936 he started Dale's Printing here. He was a member of the Xenia Christian Church.

Surviving are his wife, Georgia; a son, Pete of Charleston; a daughter, Mrs. Jim (Augusta) Corrona, Vandalia; mother, Augusta Sullivan, Murphysboro; a brother, Jim of Fayetteville, Ark.; a sister, Mrs. Joe (Sally) Hunt, Louisville; five grandchildren; a niece and two nephews.

Published in Olney Daily Mail (IL) - June 1, 1977