of Waterford, passed away September 7, 2017 at 71 years of age. Beloved husband of Dianne (nee Marceau) for 48 years; Dear father of Dale Lavern (Misti) Wiltse II, Dennis Lysle (Lianne) Wiltse and dad ofPauline Dawson; loving grandfather of Darin Robert, Connor James, Delanie Melissa, Jeff Lysle and loving grandpaEvaiah Dawson; and great grandfather of Marciline;brother of Carrol (Dal) Bailey, Gloria (the late Walter) Dunbar, David (Sherry) Wiltse and Nancy (Ronald) Pranzarone; loving son-in-law of Lorraine Marceau andbrother-in-law of Paulette (Ray O'Neill) Marceau-Stout.Dale was a graduate of Waterford Kettering High School, class of 1965 . He attended college for a short time at Oakland Community College. As a child he worked every summer on his uncles' farms from the day school let out to the day before school started. He was also a paperboy who had 95 customers. As a teenager he worked at Calabrese's Pizza, then delivered furniture for Thomas Furniture. He joined the U.S. Navy in December of 1966, and was stationed in Long Beach, California, and trained guys to go to Vietnam. He was married in 1969 to Dianne and was later honorably discharged from the Navy on his birthday in 1970. He worked with his dad and brother at Wiltse's Auto Supply, and also taught auto mechanics for Waterford Kettering Adult Education for many years. Later he worked as a welder for Corbin Industries, at Facility Matrix Group, delivering and assembling office furniture, he then worked at Garden Fresh Salsa Company, where he managed their warehouse and made salsa and chips deliveries to stores. His last job was driving Semi for ACC Penske, delivering auto parts to General Motors.