Dale was born Dale Noble Bare in 1926 and he passed away 1997. His middle name was the town his mother was born in, Noble , Illinois .
This source for this information is from his (Dale Bare ) daughter .
Dale was the son of Arthur and Edna Bare. He grew up poor in Bellmont, Illinois.
He joined the army 13 Oct 1944 and searched for his brother that was a POW while his was abroad. In WW II he fought in Paris and was wounded in his leg in Germany and was released from army 10 Aug 1946 as a Sargent.
When he got home he married his high school sweetheart, Iona Farrar on February 28,1947.
Dale and Iona had two children.
He was good at sports but especially golf. His golf team won the State Championship in 1960. He enjoyed bowling and was considered the best athlete of the men on his team.
In 1959 he became a Golf Pro at the Mt. Carmel Municipal Golf Course in Mt. Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois.
He moved his family moved to Florida in 1964 where he continued being a golf pro.
18 Sep 1981 he Divorced Iona Bare. He married 08 Nov 1981 as 2016 the second wife Lillian.
Dad died at home in Orlando , Orange County, Florida on 16 Apr 1997 and his body was laid to rest in Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. Plot: 412, 0, 308
source for this information is from his daughter, Karen
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- Karen
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW83-CL5 : accessed 16 February 2016), Dale Bare in household of Arthur Bare, Bellmont, Bellmont Election Precinct, Wabash, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 93-1, sheet 4A, family 82, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 900.
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Categories: Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida
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