Dale LeRoy Tindle

Dale LeRoy Tindle, 88 of Opelika, passed away on Sunday September 25 after a stroke and battle with cancer. 

Dale was born in 1934 to Pearl and Lester Tindle and was one of 7 brothers and sisters: Don, Elsie, Bob, Crystal, Bud and Marianne in Big Rapids, Michigan.  He is survived by his son, Craig (Wendy) and Dale’s grandson Jackson.  He met the love of his life, Barbara Gail Hazenburg in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dale and Barbara went on to enjoy 52 years of marriage.   

After Dale graduated from high school, he was drafted in the army where he was stationed in Germany post World War II.  Upon returning stateside, he started a job with a well-known grocer in Michigan.  Dale had several fond memories of raising his family in Kentwood, Michigan, recalling how the neighbours were more like family continuing to be for the rest of his life.  After several other placements Dale took on a role in production control with Dexter Lock which when the factory was relocated, eventually led him and his family to Auburn, Alabama.   

Dale and Barb soon met new people in the Auburn area meeting on Friday Nights at the local eatery owned by their newly found friends’ son and forged a friendship that is treasured by all of Dale’s family still today.  Dale enjoyed sitting out front of his house in the later years of his life talking to his neighbours reminiscing about his time in Germany and the many unusual jobs he worked in his life. 

Services will be held at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home in Opelika on Wednesday October 5 at 10:00 am. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to The American Cancer Society, an organization the family feels strongly about.