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Dale Keyser passed away on May 23, 2024 with his family by his side. He is survived by his wife Marilyn, daughters Christina and Lisa, son-in-law Matt and grandchildren Ryley and Kaylyn. He was diagnosed with a gliopblastoma tumor in January 2024.
Dale graduated from Olney High School in 1967 and later served in the United States Army at Fort Bragg , North Carolina from 1971-72.
For 35 years, Dale was a tremendous asset to the building group at Bell of Pennsylvania, Bell Atlantic, and Verizon from . He contributed to the Bell Atlantic Tower in Philadelphia.
Dale was a man of the community. Two charities closest to his heart were Help 4Kids and Beautify Carolina Forest. He spent ten years volunteering with dedicated teams who gave back to their community. He managed a group of individuals who created 2700 food bags each week for school age children in Myrtle Beach , South Carolina. His passion for community led him to Beautify Carolina Forest; he devoted his time to picking up litter in the neighborhood on his golf cart. He loved his community and more importantly the lasting friendships that he made.
During his lifetime, Dale demonstrated the true meaning of paying it forward by dedicating his time and services to organizations he believed in.
Dale and his wife, Marilyn, enjoyed traveling during their 51 years of marriage.
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Adele "Tootsie" Smith (Pata)
Sorry to hear of another loss of one of our classmates-thoughts and prayers to Dale's family-R.I.P. Dale
Barbara Provence (Eppert)
I am so very sorry to hear about his passing. We had some classes together and I knew then how nice a guy he was. He was best friends with my boyfriend at the time. We all hung out together after school, date nights and during the summer. My sincere sympathy to his wife and family. It sounds like he continued to be a great guy and an asset to his community. May he rest in peace.
Joe Grinkewicz
Dale and I were friends since he moved into the neighborhood around 1961, We all hung out either back the woods or at the wall at Reach and VanKirk Streets. In short, Dale was a good guy and continued to be one throughout his life. I remember watching the Ed Sullivan Show when the Beatles were on in his parent's living room. Dale coming to the Friday night FOBAR at A and Wyoming on his motorcycle. But most of all, Dale was the photo historian of our crowd. He took thousands of photos of our activitives. Didn't matter where we were, Dale was always snapping. He gave all of us 4 discs of these photos for Christmas a few years ago enabling us to see ourselves from many years ago. RIP big fellow.
PS He should have graduated with us but was left back a year, Albert Octaviano also passed about a month ago. Al had a constellation of health issues but sucumbed to a heart attack. Al too was a gentle giant who was on Olney;s gymnastics team. We hung out in his basement many a night and we worked at the "University of Sears" for a few years. Al served in Viet Nam as a medic and later on would be involed in human sleep studies. RIP Al.
Arlene Haynes (Meteyer)
It just seems like yesterday that Jim and I met Dale and Marilyn at Disney World in 2021 and had a small reunion with friends we grew up with. Lots of fond memories were made that will never be forgotten. Rest in peace, Dale...you will be missed.