CROSS PLAINS - Dale Edward Liegel, age 53, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2003, at Meriter Hospital, after a long illness. He was born on July 16, 1949, in Baraboo, the son of Alfred and Bernice (Thering) Liegel. He married the former Brenda Meinholz on May 15, 1982.

Dale was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church where he served as an usher and a lector for his church and of the Catholic Order of Foresters. Dale was a Cub Scout den leader and a committee member for Boy Scout Troop No. 87. Dale loved to watch Milwaukee Brewers and Green Bay Packers games, but he especially enjoyed coaching his son's baseball teams for many years. He also helped Brenda with many errands for Girl Scouts. Dale attended many sporting events for Special Olympics cheering for Kyle. He was employed with Roundy's in Mazomanie for 13 years.

In addition to his wife, Brenda, he is also survived by a son, Kyle, both of Cross Plains; his mother, Bernice Liegel of Spring Green; three siblings, Betty (Larry) Hooker of Reedsburg, Karen (Chris) Orth of Muscoda, and Mary (Rick) Deli of Oshkosh; his father and mother-in-law, Chris and Elaine Meinholz of Black Earth; sisters-in-law, Nadine (Ron) Topp of Ridgeway, and Wanda (Vernon) Gilles of Waunakee; and brothers-in-law, LaVerne (Melissa) Meinholz of Black Earth, and John "Butch" McCarville of Spring Green; grandmothers-in-law, Dorothy Nonn and Elizabeth Meinholz; 17 nieces and nephews; and seven great-nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Alfred Liegel; a sister, Alleen McCarville; and his grandparents, Albert and Elizabeth Thering Sr. and George and Anne Liegel Sr.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH, 2947 Thinnes St., Cross Plains, at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 6, 2003, with Father John Auby presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Gunderson Cross Plains Funeral Home, 2421 Church St. Cross Plains.