Dale William Service

Dale William Service, age 76, of Hanover, Illinois, died Thursday, November 9, 2006 at the Galena Stauss Nursing Home, Galena, Illinois. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 13, 2006 at the Hanover United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Hanover. Friends may call from 6-8:00 p.m. Sunday, November 12 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home in Hanover. Memorials may be made in Dale’s name.
Dale was born Friday, April 30, 1930 in Spaulding, Illinois, the son of James and Nancy America (Haile) Service. He married Margaret Wild on April 29, 1973 in Galena, Illinois. Dale worked as a manufacturing engineer for Eaton Corporation in Carol Stream, Illinois and in Hanover. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and golfing with friends. Dale loved to grill-out for his family and friends, he always had a good story. He was a member of the Hanover United Methodist Church and the Eaton Management Club.
He will be dearly missed by his wife, Margaret Service of Hanover, Illinois; four sons, Dale Glen Service of Levittown, Pennsylvania, Dallas Ray (Jaul) Service of Carbondale, Illinois, Douglas Lavern (Pam) Service of Fairfield, Illinois and Donald Lee Service of Springerton, Illinois; four daughters, Christine Ruth Skiwrka of Aurora, Illinois, Carla Deanne (Randy) Birtles of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Cheryl Kay Service of Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Kathleen Margaret (Tony) Benavides of Clinton, Iowa; eighteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Chester (Mildred) Service of Dover, Arkansas and David (Kathleen) Service of McHenry, Illinois; and one sister, Betty (James) Bumgarner of Groveland, Florida.
Dale is preceded in death by his parents; 2 granddaughters, Jennifer and Julia; four brothers, John, James Jr., Clifford and Lester; two sisters, Violet Barcus and Margaret Englehart.