Dale Franklin Paslay (91) of Cottage Hills, formerly of St. Elmo
Published on November 23 2020 3:56 pm
Dale Franklin Paslay, 91 years old of Cottage Hills, Madison County, Illinois loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather died on Sunday November 22, 2020 at the Morningside Assisted Living of Godfrey, Illinois where he resided for the past few years after a lingering illness.
Funeral Services will be conducted at the Kull Funeral Chapel, Altamont on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 12:00 Noon. Visitation for family and friends will be held beginning at 11:00 AM on Wednesday. Christian Burial Rites will be conducted in the Maplewood Cemetery, St. Elmo, Illinois at the family lot next to his wife Mary Lee Ledbetter-Paslay following the funeral services on Wednesday.
Dale was born on March 19, 1929 in Sefton Township, Fayette County, near Brownstown Illinois into the family of Harold and Edna Sawyer Paslay one of six siblings with four brothers and 1 sister. Dale married Mary Lee Ledbetter on December 31, 1948 or New Year’s Eve just before midnight at the Baptist Church Parsonage in St. Elmo by the Rev. Earl Atwood who performed his first marriage. Mary Lee preceded him in death on June 7, 2006. In 1981 Dale and his family moved to Cottage Hills, Illinois where he continued his employment as an operating engineer belonging to the Local #520 for over 40 years. Dale had also continued his membership in the Liberty First Christian Church where he was baptized and spent his life growing up in the Brownstown area.
COVID-19/Coronovirus-Kull Funeral Home is attempting to follow the Governor of Illinois public gatherings request of social distancing of people, and masks as suggested.
Memorials may be directed to the Liberty Christian Church and or the Donor’s Choice.
He is survived by his: 2-Sons: Ralph (wife, Marsha Kay-Hinton) Paslay of Dow, Illinois and Rodney “RJ” (wife Janet Bik) Paslay of Winchester, Illinois; 2-Daughters: Anita (husband, Mike) Howard of Godfrey, Illinois; Alice (husband, Wayne) Shelton of Bethalto, Illinois.
Dale was preceded in death by Parents: Harold Leland Paslay and Edna Flossie Sawyer-Paslay; Wife: Mary Lee Ledbetter-Paslay; 4- Brothers: Harold Mark Paslay, Donald Leon (wife, Patricia) Paslay, Perry Eugene Paslay and James Edward Paslay in Infancy; 1-Sister: Marilyn Louise (husband, Edward) Adams; 2 Granddaughters: Sarah Kophazy and Laura Paslay.
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