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Albert Lea Tribune - 11-20-2005 Obituary

Freeborn native, Dale C. Gimberline, passed away at age 61 on Nov. 12, 2005, after battling a brain tumor for ten months.

Dale was raised in Freeborn, MN by his parents, Milford C. and Ila Marie (Gardner) Gimberline on their farm with his two brothers, Dennis and Donald. He attended Freeborn High School and graduated in 1962. He joined the Air Force in 1965 and was stationed in various places including Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX. When stationed at Charleston AFB in Charleston, SC, he was Crew Chief and traveled to Germany, Turkey and Greece. Dale was discharged in Dec. 1968 with a rank of Staff Sergeant having worked on planes such as the C-141.

When stationed in Wichita Falls, TX, he met his wife, Nancy J. (Bonnell) and they married in 1968. Dale and Nancy moved to Edgewater, CO in 1971 where they had three children: Shaun, Michele, and Debbie. Since 1982, Dale had owned and operated his own construction company, Dale's Drywall. Dale was a prominent member of the Edgewater community where he served on the Planning and Zoning board. He helped maintain the small town atmosphere that makes Edgewater so special.

Dale is survived by his wife, Nancy; his children; and his brothers, Dennis and Donald Gimberline and their families. He has one aunt in FL, Norma Rabe and two aunts that reside in Wells, MN, Berdine Drager and Toni Gimberline.

He was preceded in death by father, Milford Gimberline in 1960; and mother, Ila Gimberline in 1993.

Visitation will be Nov. 17 from 5-8 pm, with services at noon Nov. 18, both at Crown Hill Mortuary in Colorado, burial to follow at Ft. Logan National Cemetery with full military honors. Contributions can be made to Hospice of Metro Denver, 501 S. Cherry St. Suite #700, Denver, CO, 80246 in Dale's memory.

The Gimberlein name was Americanized by most of the family to Gimberlin and Gimberline.

Dale married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Milford married Ila Marie Gardner on 6 Oct 1939. Ila (daughter of Burdette Lyon Gardner and Marie Elizabeth Johnson) was born on 15 Dec 1914 in , Hardin County, Iowa, USA; died on 1 Oct 1993 in , Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Freeborn, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA, Freeeborn Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birthname: Ila Marie Gardner

Father: Burdette Lyon Gardner
Mother: Marie Elizabeth (Johnson) Gardner

Siblings: Mervin Lyon, Alfred Lynn and Norma Carol Gardner

Husband: Milford Christian Gimberline (DOB: 11-10-1915) married Oct. 6, 1939 at the Little Brown Church, IA. He was the son of Louis O. and Martha (Meschke) Gimberline of Wells, MN.

Children: Dennis Lee, Dale Carl, and Donald Dean Gimberline

Ila M. Gimberline was born Dec. 15, 1914 in Hardin Co., IA. She was the second of four children born to Burdette L. and Marie E. (Johnson) Gardner. The family moved shortly after her birth to Freeborn, Freeborn Co., MN.

On Oct. 6, 1939 she married Milford Gimberline. The couple had three children and resided in Wells, MN. She passed away Oct. 1, 1993.

She is survived by sons, Dennis Gimberline, Dale Gimberline of CO and Donald Gimberline of IA, and brother, Alfred Gardner of Freeborn, MN.

She was preceded in death by husband, Milford Gimberline in 1960, father, Burdette Gardner in 1967, mother, Marie Gardner in 1990, brother, Mervin Gardner in 1969 and sister, Norma Rabe.?

The Gimberlein name was Americanized by most of the family to Gimberlin and Gimberline.

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Burdette married Marie Elizabeth Johnson on 18 Mar 1911. Marie was born on 17 Mar 1892; died on 31 Dec 1990 in , Faribault County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Freeborn, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA, Freeeborn Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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