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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Dale Leroy Niehaus
Dale Leroy
Niehaus
Jan 13, 1923 — May 15, 2015
Dale Leroy Niehaus' Obituary
Dale Leroy Niehaus, 92, Breckenridge, Mo., passed away on May 15, 2015, at the Missouri Veteran's Home, Cameron, Mo.
He was born on January 13, 1923, in Bird City, Kansas, the son of Theodore and Taletta (Weigers) Niehaus. Dale graduated from the Bird City high school in 1941. He was inducted into the US Army Air Force on Feb. 6, 1943, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
He served two years and 10 months. Dale was sent to Camp Crowder, Mo., where he attended radio repair school and became a Corporal. He spent ten weeks in a college training detachment. He then became an Aviation Cadet at Kessler Field, Mississippi. He attended flight school in San Antonio, Tx., and several other airfields in Texas over the next two years.
At the end of World War II, Dale was attending B-29 flight engineering school at Amarillo Army Air Force base. He was discharged as an Aviation Cadet at Scottfield, Illinois, on December 7, 1945. He received the World War II Victory Medal, the American Theater Medal, and a good conduct medal.
On February 26, 1950, he married registered nurse, Colleen Uhland, at the Breckenridge Christian Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Colleen; granddaughter, Colleen Foote; his parents; his brothers, Alfred, Theodore and Linberg Charles Niehaus; his sisters, Dorothy Niehaus, Leona Trueblood, and Evelyn Goodale.
He spent his life in the Breckenridge community where he was engaged in farming since 1947. He was a member of the Breckenridge United Methodist Church, and a lifetime member of the American Legion of Braymer, Mo.
Survivors: Two daughters, Gail Foote, and her husband, Bob, of Bucyrus, Kansas; and Melinda Town, and her husband, Wayne, of Raymore, Missouri; four grandsons, Scott and Michelle Foote of Hoxie, Kansas; Brad and Linsey Foote, Imperial, Nebraska; Greg and Laura Foote, Bucyrus, Kansas; and Ryan Town, Raymore, mo.; and 10 great-grandchildren-Andrew, Molly, Charlie and Max Foote of Hoxie, Kansas; Harrison and Tilly Colleen Foote of Imperial, Neb; Henry and Colin Foote, Bucyrus, Kansas; and Addison and Tyler Town of Raymore, Missouri.
Funeral Service: 11 a.m., Monday, May 18, at the Breckenridge, Mo., United Methodist Church.
Visitation: 1 hour prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m., at the church.
Interment: Rose Hill Cemetery, Breckenridge, Mo.
Contributions may be made to the Breckenridge, Mo., United Methodist Church.
He was born on January 13, 1923, in Bird City, Kansas, the son of Theodore and Taletta (Weigers) Niehaus. Dale graduated from the Bird City high school in 1941. He was inducted into the US Army Air Force on Feb. 6, 1943, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
He served two years and 10 months. Dale was sent to Camp Crowder, Mo., where he attended radio repair school and became a Corporal. He spent ten weeks in a college training detachment. He then became an Aviation Cadet at Kessler Field, Mississippi. He attended flight school in San Antonio, Tx., and several other airfields in Texas over the next two years.
At the end of World War II, Dale was attending B-29 flight engineering school at Amarillo Army Air Force base. He was discharged as an Aviation Cadet at Scottfield, Illinois, on December 7, 1945. He received the World War II Victory Medal, the American Theater Medal, and a good conduct medal.
On February 26, 1950, he married registered nurse, Colleen Uhland, at the Breckenridge Christian Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Colleen; granddaughter, Colleen Foote; his parents; his brothers, Alfred, Theodore and Linberg Charles Niehaus; his sisters, Dorothy Niehaus, Leona Trueblood, and Evelyn Goodale.
He spent his life in the Breckenridge community where he was engaged in farming since 1947. He was a member of the Breckenridge United Methodist Church, and a lifetime member of the American Legion of Braymer, Mo.
Survivors: Two daughters, Gail Foote, and her husband, Bob, of Bucyrus, Kansas; and Melinda Town, and her husband, Wayne, of Raymore, Missouri; four grandsons, Scott and Michelle Foote of Hoxie, Kansas; Brad and Linsey Foote, Imperial, Nebraska; Greg and Laura Foote, Bucyrus, Kansas; and Ryan Town, Raymore, mo.; and 10 great-grandchildren-Andrew, Molly, Charlie and Max Foote of Hoxie, Kansas; Harrison and Tilly Colleen Foote of Imperial, Neb; Henry and Colin Foote, Bucyrus, Kansas; and Addison and Tyler Town of Raymore, Missouri.
Funeral Service: 11 a.m., Monday, May 18, at the Breckenridge, Mo., United Methodist Church.
Visitation: 1 hour prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m., at the church.
Interment: Rose Hill Cemetery, Breckenridge, Mo.
Contributions may be made to the Breckenridge, Mo., United Methodist Church.
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