Dale was indeed a good and generous man. He was very knowledgeable about old time and traditional music and would spend hours searching for information to help mudcatters and others involved in music quests. I became acquainted with Dale during his volunteer time at the Ozark Folk Center and am proud to say that we also became friends. My knowledge of and appreciation for Australian and Canadian music is a result of Dale's generous spirit, and he also introduced me to Mudcat. I will miss our emails and visits and his posts to this forum. Dale retired from teaching and volunteered his time coaching the girl's volleyball team at Clinton, Arkansas High School. He is survived by his mother and a sister who lived near him here in Arkansas and by other siblings in Illinois and elsewhere. One of his major projects was producing a weekly broadcast on KFFB radio of music from the Ozark Folk Center archives.