Cale Emery Neal

Cale Neal, 79, died, Saturday, December 17, 2011 at home under hospice care following a short illness. Cale Emery Neal was born on August 5, 1932 at Bradley, South Dakota, the son of Chet and Dora (Miller) Neal. He graduated from high school in Clark, SD and joined the United States Navy in 1952 serving during the Korean Conflict. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education form Northern State Teacher's College in 1959 and a Master's of Hospital Administration from the University of Minnesota in 1968. He married Alice Byrum of Onida, SD on June 2, 1954. After living in Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota and Watertown, SD The couple moved to Grand Island, NE in 1979. Cale was the administrator at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island until his retirement in 1992. Cale and Alice were married for 48 years. Two years after Alice's death in 2004, Cale moved to Worthing, SD to reside with his daughter Susan and family. Cale had a great sense of humor, loved spending time with his children, grandchildren and walking his dogs. Cale was an avid outdoorsman and active member of his community. He was a member of Trinity Methodist Church in Grand Island, NE. Cale was a Shriner and served on the Board of Directors of the Shrine Hospital in Minneapolis as well as many other service organizations. Besides his parents and wife Alice, Cale was preceded in death by one grandson, Joshua Cale Neal; siblings: Richard Neal and Don Neal. Grateful for having shared his life are his children: Virginia "Ginny" Neal, Sioux Falls, Jeffrey (Debbie) Neal, Springdale, AR, Dawn Bolt, North Little Rock, AR, Susan (Gary) Oldenkamp, Worthing, SD and Christi (John) White, Blair, NE; ten grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; siblings: Robert (Margaret) Neal, Clark, SD, Barbara (LaVerne) Peterson, Watertown, SD, Jeanette Seefeldt, Yankton, SD and Alice (Gordon) Warne, Jim Falls, WI and one sister-in-law, Karen Neal, Wichita, KS. Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011 at the Chancellor Reformed Church, Chancellor, SD with burial at a later date in the Clark Cemetery, Clark, SD. Visitation with the family present will be held Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home, Lennox, SD. THe family requests memorial to the Epilepsy Foundation in lieu of flowers.

Cale Emery Neal

August 5, 1932 - December 17, 2011

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