Dale passed at home surrounded by loved ones. He was preceded in death by his mother Buelah Naney, father Earl Steelman and sister Carolyn (Naney) Rossetti and daughter Cindy Jackson. Dale was born on the family farm in Summersville MO. He moved out west with his mother and stepfather Lee Naney at the age of 10.They settled in Escalon where Dale went to school and graduated from Escalon High Class of ‘55.