Dale Kiesel age 82, of Adrian

 Dale Kiesel age 82, of Adrian, Missouri passed away Monday, September 9, 2024 at his home in Adrian.  A visitation will be held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am Thursday, September 12, 2024 at Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660-679-0009).  Funeral services will follow at 11:00 am, also at the funeral home.  Burial will take place in Salem Cemetery, Foster, Missouri.  Memorial contributions may be made, in lieu of flowers, to the Salvation Army.  Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome,com.

 Dale was A Christian who loved His Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

 Dale Antony Kiesel, was born to Herbert W. Kiesel and Laurie Haney Kiesel, on July 29, 1942 in Kansas City, Missouri. He and his dad shared the same birth month and day.

 

As a child, Dale and his brother Sandy spent several years living with his mother, stepdad and stepsiblings in Arkansas, California and Idaho. One season, he and a stepsister followed the wheat harvest working with crews in Nebraska, Kansas and Idaho. When he was about 12, Dale returned to Missouri to live with his dad, grandmother and brother Sandy, who had returned several years earlier.

 

In his late teens and early 20's, Dale worked for the Seven Up Bottling Company in North Kansas City. He was a sign installer for the company. If anyone remembers the green and white metal, 7-Up signs on small country stores and such in this area, He probably was the installer.

 

In 1963 he married Sharon Kaye Finkle. The couple first met in the early 1960's, when Dale's best friend married Sharon's aunt.

Dale and Sharon married December 6, 1963. They spent most of their lives in and around the KC area except for a short time in Colorado, where Dale, and Sharon's dad, worked in housing construction as roofers.

Sharon and Dale welcomed the births of their two children, Sandra Kaye in 1966, and Darrell Antony, in 1974.

Dale continued working in housing construction, primarily installing patio doors, windows and mirrors, from 1964 to 2014, when he retired. Before his retirement, he was proud to have worked those last few years together with his partner and son, Darrell, in the construction business.

 

Dale was preceded in death by his father, mother, grandmother and brother. He leaves behind his wife, Sharon, daughter Sandra(Smith) and son, Darrell, four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and lots of nieces and nephews.