OBIT: Walter C. DALE, 1979, Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA

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DALE - Walter C.Dale, 66, 8715 Capitol Hill Road, RR#1, former employee of 
the South Mountain Restoration Center for 18 years, died at 5 p.m. Nov. 20, 
1979, after being admitted to the Waynesboro Hospital. Death was attributed 
to a heart attack he suffered while directing traffic in front of the South 
Potomac Street Fire Hall around 4:30 p.m. He had suffered a previous heart 
attack in September 1978. Born in Chambersburg Feb. 3, 1913, Mr. Dale was the 
son of the late Frederick Z. and Edna Carr Dale. He lived his early life in 
Chambersburg and moved to Waynesboro in 1942. He married the former Hilda C. 
Overcash in August 1946. For several years he was employed by Brake Pontiac 
and later worked for Pryor's Tire Service. At the time of his retirement a 
year ago, he was supervisor of the housekeeping department at the restoration 
center. He was a life member of the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's 
Association and was a member of the Eagles Club, Inc.; the VFW, the Tomstown 
Social Club and the South Mountain Fish and Game Association. In addition to 
his widow, he is survived by three sons: Walter F. Dale, Quincy; Donald E. 
Dale, Waynesboro; Ronald C. Dale, RR#1; two daughters: Mrs. Donna Lee 
Wagaman, Waynesboro; Mrs. Shirley Ann Toms, Foxville, MD; 13 grandchildren; a 
step-mother, Mrs. Margaret [Marguerite] Dale, Fayetteville; a brother, Harold 
Dale, Chambersburg, and a step-brother, Wayne Byers, Fayetteville. Services 
were to have been held today at 3:30 p.m. in the Grove Funeral Home with the 
Rev. Robert Bonner officiating and burial in Grindstone Hill Cemetery.

Public Opinion, Chambersburg, PA, November 23, 1979