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Visitation
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Bross & Spidle Funeral Home
Excelsior Springs, MO
1-2 p.m.
Service
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Bross & Spidle Funeral Home
Excelsior Springs, MO
2 p.m.
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Dale Fesenmeyer
Dale Fesenmeyer, 88, died Thursday, March 7, 2013 at his home in Excelsior Springs, Mo. Dale, a New Year’s baby, was born at his grandparents’ family farm just north of Clarinda, Iowa, on January 1, 1925 . His parents, Lester and Bessie Barrett Fesenmeyer, moved to their own farm east of Shambaugh, where they raised six children. All six attended the Mt. Joy School. Dale later graduated from Clarinda High School. He remembered helping build the stone FAA Chapter House, now part of the Nodaway Valley Historical Museum.
While working at the Berry Seed Company, Dale met and married Etta Runyan of Braddyville on June 5, 1946. For many years, Dale was an employee of the Clarinda Hog Yard, but in 1968, after attending Colorado Aero Tech, he became an airframe power plant mechanic job with TWA in Kansas City. After retirement in 1986, the couple moved to Excelsior Springs, Mo., but spent many of their winters on their land near Rio Hondo, Texas.
Avid travelers, Dale and Etta vacationed in New Zealand, Mexico, and Hawaii, and explored the back roads of America in their RV. Dale enjoyed attending bluegrass festivals and continued to enjoy bluegrass music throughout his life. His other interests included genealogy, reading Westerns, fishing, playing cards and exercising. He was an dedicated member of the local senior exercise group until his final days.
Dale was preceded in death by his wife, Etta D. Fesenmeyer, and a son, Ronald L. Fesenmeyer.
He is survived by daughter, Linda Jones; sisters, Leona Rubin and Joan Hughes, both of Clarinda; brothers, Gerald Jean and Jerry Paul of Rio Hondo, Texas, and Fred of Eldon, Mo.; two grandchildren, Sarah Herriott of Eureka, Calif., and Aaron Burton of Concord, Calif.; and one great grandchild, Emmett Herriott.
Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m., and the service at 2 p.m., Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the Bross & Spidle Funeral Home, 217 W. Broadway, Excelsior Springs, Mo. Interment will be at the Clarinda, Iowa Cemetery at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care, kchospice.org or Cancer Action, Eastern Jackson County, canceractionkc.org/.
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