A memorial service for Dale Doerr will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 3, 2015 at the Lodgepole Cemetery.

Dale Delmar Doerr passed away on October 1, 2014 in Chico, California after a brief illness at age 94.

Dale was born August 11, 1920 at Lodgepole, South Dakota to Harry A. and Viola (Larsen) Doerr, the third of nine children. He attended grade school in Lodgepole, South Dakota, high school in Hettinger, North Dakota, and graduated from the South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, South Dakota as a civil engineer.

On September 30, 1944, Dale married Nadine Collingwood at Waukegan, Illinois and they made their first home in Palos Park, Ill, which they designed and built. During World War II, he was a salvage/diving officer in the Navy, serving in the Pacific. Dale worked for Kaiser Aluminum in Chicago, Illinois and Oakland, California as a design/development engineer for over 30 years, becoming Manager of Product Development.

Upon retirement, Dale and Nadine moved to Oroville, California, where he was an active player in the local duplicate bridge clubs, reaching the level of Silver Life Master of ACBL. Besides bridge, he enjoyed traveling, visiting all 50 states, many countries overseas, and trips to visit with family and friends. He joined a senior bowling league at the age of 89, volunteered with the Lake Oroville Visitor Center, and tutored children through the school and local library.

Grateful for having shared his life are his two daughters and son-in law, Aleta Doerr of Portland, Oregon, Liza and Michael Johnson of Paradise, California, grandchildren Hilary and Justin Stevens, and great grandchildren Daryn Rodrigues and Connor Stevens. He was also "Grandpa Dale" to Alex Rodrigues and Alex Bonham. He is survived by brothers Vaughn Doerr and Ken Doerr and his wife Vada; sisters Beverly LeFebre and husband Jim, and June Stevens and husband Bill, sisters-in-law Lucylle Doerr and Elma Doerr, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by Nadine, his loving wife of 64 years; his parents; his sister Margaret Johnson; his brothers Walter, Gene and Alan, brother-in-law Clairmont Johnson, and sisters-in law, Virginia Doerr and Jean Doerr.