Obituary of Dale Canaday

A graveside service will be held at noon Tuesday, Aug. 2, at Springfield Memorial Gardens for Dale Walter Canaday of Springfield, who died July 24 at age 91. The family chose not to list the cause of death.He was born April 16, 1920, in Eugene to Clarence and Vera West Canaday. He and his wife, Lois, were married Oct. 14, 1949, in Eugene. She died July 11, 2011.He graduated from Eugene High School in 1938 and held a master’s degree from the University of Oregon. He served in the Army during World War II and in Korea. He was a teacher and taught at Springfield High School until his retirement in 1982.Survivors include three sons, Jeffery of Yokohama, Japan, Terence of Eugene and Daniel of Livermore, Calif.; two daughters, Patricia McNeil of Deland, Fla., and Lynda Weber of Bend; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.Arrangements by Springfield Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home. Remembrances to the Alzheimer’s Foundation.