Obituaries

Services to celebrate the life of Dale Donald Westurn will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday July 12 2012 at Fairview Baptist Church with Pastor James Moore and Pastor Bill Whitehead officiating. Interment will follow at Akers Cemetery located across from the TI plant in Sherman Texas. The family will receive visitors at Dannel Funeral Home in Sherman on Wednesday July 11 2012 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Dale Donald Westurn was born on July 15 1937 in Malone New York to the late Donald and Gertrude Westurn. He graduated from Franklin Academy in Malone NY in 1955. He joined the Navy and served from 1955 to 1959. After returning from the military he went to LeTourneau College in Longview TX and graduated with an engineering degree in 1963. He married his childhood friend Mary Cora Clark on August 26 1961. Dale loved spending time with his family. He especially enjoyed activities with his two grandsons and being a part of their lives. He was a long time devoted member of the choir. He enjoyed woodworking reading collecting National Geographic magazines working on his fish pond and taking his grandsons for ice cream. He worked at Texas Instruments for 36 years between Dallas and Sherman plants. Mr. Westurn is survived by his wife Mary of 51 years and son Stephen and his wife Cathy and his grandsons Evan and Dawson of Allen Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents Donald and Gertrude Westurn and brother Kenneth Westurn. He is survived by his sisters Darline Langlois and her husband Amyot of British Columbia Canada and Connie Allison and her husband Tom of Marion Indiana and brother Darrell Westurn and his wife Margaret of Dansville NY as well as several aunts uncles nieces nephews and cousins. In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to Fairview Baptist Church to the music ministry at 222 W. Taylor Sherman TX 75092. For condolences please sign the online guestbook at www.dannelfuneralhome.com