Obit.Tulsa,OK- WINKLE, Dale S.
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Submitted by: Shelley Lynch <leeshlynch@gmail.com> on 31Oct2007
 
Published October 31, 2007 Muskogee Phoenix

Dale S. Winkle, 67, lifetime area resident, passed from this life on 
Monday, Oct. 29, 2007 in a Tulsa hospital. Dale was born on June 14, 1940 
in Checotah to Homer and Clova (King) Winkle, and was a graduate of 
Checotah High School in 1958. He has worked all his life in the gas 
pipeline industry, and was a member of the Local 627, Operating Engineers 
Union in Tulsa. Dale was an avid wolf hunter and enjoyed raising mules. 
Preceding him in death are his father and one nephew, Brad Coleman.

Survivors include his wife Deborah of the home; his mother, Clova Winkle 
of Checotah; two sons, Matt Winkle and Cory Newton both of Checotah; two 
daughters, Gayle and her husband Rick Gomez of McAllen, TX and Tamy Packard 
of California; brother, Cecil and his wife Pat of Checotah; two sisters, 
Nona and her husband Doyle Coleman and Lou and her husband, Nix, both of 
Checotah; 7 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren, as well as a host of 
other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. 
in the Hampton Memorial Chapel with the Rev. D. Vann Washington officiating. 
Interment will follow in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Checotah. Funeral arrangements 
are under the direction of the Hampton Mortuary, 211 W. Okmulgee, Checotah 918-473-6821.