Dale Van Dyke

Dale G. Van Dyke, age 84, died Saturday, January 7, 2023 at The Waterford at Wilderness Hills in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 13, 2023 at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church in Columbus.  Visitation is 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Thursday with a 7:00 p.m. Vigil Service at McKown Funeral Home. Visitation continues Friday morning from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. at St. Bonaventure Church. Burial is in the Roselawn Cemetery with military honors by The American Legion Hartman Post #84 Honor Guard.

Dale G. Van Dyke was born on 10-24-1938 to Leo and Elizabeth (Geilenkirchen) Van Dyke in rural Lindsay, NE.  He graduated from Lindsay Holy Family in 1956 and after high school, he served in the US Army from September 1956 – September 1958.  After the service he attended Spencer School of Business in Grand Island, NE.  On May 20, 1961 he was united in marriage to Barbara L. Merrill in Silver Creek, NE.  They moved to Columbus where Dale was, employed at Saunders Archery then at Becton-Dickenson where he was an accountant for 37.5 years. Dale was a member of St Bonaventure Church.

Dale was a devoted husband and father and to him family was everything.  He coached his son's little league baseball teams and loved the Huskers.  He was an avid hunter and took great pride in training his many coonhounds, Brittany spaniels, and Jack Russell terriers over the years. Dale shared his love of hunting with his son and grandsons on many deer hunts and wisdom sharing weekends in the duck blind.  He enjoyed wood working, gardening and could always be found working on a project in "the shed".  Following his retirement from B-D he worked for Preferred Genetics and had a small cow-calf herd to keep him busy.

He is survived by:
Wife:  Barbara Van Dyke of Columbus, NE
Daughter: Sue Muehlich and special friend Jeff Gall of Schuyler, NE
Son: Dana (Lori) Van Dyke of Kearney, NE
Four grandchildren: Jonathan (Breanne) Muehlich of Rogers, NE
Rachal (Stan) Schulte of Omaha, NE
Derek (Kassandra) Van Dyke of Kearney, NE
Logan Van Dyke of Kearney, NE
Six Great Grandchildren: Gus, Rex, Vera, Monroe, Stella, and Ruby.
Brother: Kenneth (Judy) Van Dyke of Colorado Springs, CO
Sister: Betty Lee Van Dyke of Columbus, NE
Sister:  Joleen (Ray) Parolek of Lincoln, NE
Many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by:
His parents
Sister: Sister Joleen Van Dyke
Brother: Richard Van Dyke