A Celebration of Life will be held on Monday, August 12, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at the Ankeny First United Methodist Church, 206 SW Walnut St, Ankeny, IA 50023. There will be a one hour visitation before the service at the church. Burial of ashes will be held on Monday, August 12, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. at Linwood Park Cemetery, 609 Forest Ave, Boone, IA 50036.
Dale graduated from Boone High School in 1969. He graduated from DMACC in Boone with his Associates. He then went to Hawkeye Community College, graduating with a degree in Photography.
After school, he went into screen printing at a shop in Ames. Then he was a custodian at Boone County Hospital and Mary Greely Hospital in Ames. Then went to work for the Iowa Department of Transportation in Ames. He worked in the printing department until his retirement in 2010.
On August 10, 1979, he was united in marriage to Karen Jean Carlson at First Assembly of God Church in Ames, Iowa. One child to the union, Ben Larrew. The couple divorced in 1998.
Dale enjoyed photography, reading different suspense/murder novels, traveling for vacations. He liked watching ISU basketball. He was an active member of the Ankeny First United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his son, Ben (Nikki) Larrew of Boone; three grandchildren, Taylor, Caden, and Maddie Larrew, all of Boone; two siblings, Steven (Ann) Larrew of Omaha, Nebraska, Janet McNaughton of Ankeny; two nieces, Melissa (Aric) Castro of Omaha, Annette (Jeff) Arnold of Bellvue; four great nieces and nephews, Zach Arnold, Anthony Castro, Anna Marie Castro, and Myra Castro.
He was proceeded in death by his parents, and his ex-wife Karen Good.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family in loving memory of Dale.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be left at www.ankenyfuneralhome.com for the Larrew family.
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