Young,  Dale - EM2

Served Aboard: 1959 - 1962

Passed 20 Jan 2021

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Dale you are my husband, my best friend, the love of my life.  You provided for your family and you were my rock.  You were the quiet one who just listened and calmed the waters when needed.

You loved your children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. You did everything humanly possible to be there for your family.

After Dales passing we began cleaning his shop and we have marveled at his love of Folgers coffee cans.  Some filled with the oddest things, and some waiting empty just incase he needed them. There were items I had asked him to put in the garbage but only to find those items in his shop, I know he thought to himself “maybe I can fix this, or maybe it would be kept so he could possibly use to fix something else later everything was too good to throw away.”

I was lucky enough to meet his Navy buddies at his Navy ships reunions.  They would sit and look at pictures and remines of those days gone by.  He was so fortunate to have made lifelong Buddies that he spoke to often by phone or in person.

Dale worked for PG&E for 40 years beginning as a truck driver and ending his career as a line foreman. More than once we would be on a vacation in another country and he would be taking pictures of power lines and poles to show the guys at work.   He was proud of the work he did. I know more than one Christmas that he wasn’t with us because he was out helping to keep electricity on for other families, so their holidays were better. 

But most of all Dale did one last perfect act of love for us. 

2 plus years ago I asked him to join me in church. I was expecting to get the answer “if he walked into a church the roof would fall in.”  Well guess what he went to church that morning and the roof didn’t fall in…. Dale heard scripture of Gods words with his heart and his ears.  He gave his heart to our Lord God and accepted the gift of salvation and eternal life through Jesus Christ.  I know in my heart that he is waiting for each of us to join him in heaven.  But first we must accept Gods free gift. The gift of salvation. 

John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Dale now has that eternal life. I will see him again. 

Please bow you heads in prayer

Lord God please bless each of us here today, speak to our hearts in a special way that we can have happiness in our hearts and know we will see Dale again. Please bless each of us with a special memory that will put a smile on our face and help to ease our sorrow. I ask these things in the name of your precious son, Jesus.   AMEN