FUNERAL SERVICES: 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, August 4, 2012 at Hubbard United Methodist Church in Hubbard, MN with Reverend Laurie Kantonen officiating.
VISITATION: One hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.
INTERMENT: Hubbard Cemetery, Hubbard, MN
SURVIVORS: His wife, Edith; 9 children: Sam (Jan), Kay (Jack) Smythe, Nancy (Dick) Bogaard, Charlie, Donnie (Pat), Dick (Sue), Phil (Jody), Kenny and Marie (Mark) Helfrich; 31 grandchildren; 48 great grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild and his sister, Ardis McClelland.
DALE R. PIKE
November 21, 1920 ~ July 31, 2012
Dale Raughla Pike, age 91, a longtime Hubbard Prairie farmer, passed away on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Park Rapids, MN.
Dale was born on November 21, 1920 in Hubbard, MN to Raughla and Lana (Benham) Pike. He started school in Emmaville Township, returning to Hubbard in the third grade. Dale graduated from the Park Rapids High School in 1940 where he participated in football and track. He enjoyed playing baseball for Hubbard and was known for his constant chatter and long home runs. Dale was united in marriage to Edith LaBonte on October 17, 1942 in Hubbard where they made their home. Their union was blessed with nine children and one foster child. Farming was a passion for Dale, and he provided for his family by dairy farming. He was instrumental in introducing irrigation farming to the Prairie, had one of the first milking parlors in the area and his legacy for growing delicious sweet corn continues to live on generations later. Dale will be fondly remembered for his love of family, farming, baseball, checkers and ice cream. He took great pleasure in his ability to scare passengers riding with him in his airplane and delighted in ejecting family members from inner tubes pulled behind his speed boat. A lifelong jokester with a great sense of humor, Dale loved telling stories of his successful pranks. At his memorial service, you are invited to share the stories he can no longer tell.
He will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Edith; 9 children: Sam (Jan), Kay (Jack) Smythe, Nancy (Dick) Bogaard, Charlie, Donnie (Pat), Dick (Sue), Phil (Jody), Kenny and Marie (Mark) Helfrich; 31 grandchildren; 48 great grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild and his sister, Ardis McClelland.
Dale was preceded in death by his parents; his son, Jerry; his brother, Bruce and his sisters: Marian, Delma, Julia and Barb.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, August 4, 2012 at the Hubbard United Methodist Church with Pastor Laurie Kantonen officiating. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Interment will follow at the Hubbard Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to:
Hubbard First Response and Rescue
PO Box 203
Park Rapids, MN 56470
Edith and family,
I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers.My memories include being from Hubbard,I think we were all happy families on the prairie.I feel that is what we were ,a family.I feel we all had a number of parents watching over us and Dale and Edith were there for us all.It was a wonderful time and area to grow up in.I feel truly blessed.Dale and his loving smile and presence will be sadly missed.With deepest sympathy. Linda
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Monday, 06 August 2012 10:49
Sue (Ritts) Burns-Klosner
Edith, Kay, Charlie, Nancy,Sam & the rest of your family I do not know. My Deepest Sympathy to all of you. What a wonderful video tribute to Dale. I enjoyed seeing all the old pics of you I know.My thoughts & prayers are with you all at this time.
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Thursday, 02 August 2012 08:34
kaye swenson-khoury
My deepest sympathy for your loss. May you all find comfort in your memories. Thoughts and prayers are with you.
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Thursday, 02 August 2012 07:01
Ed & Debi Labonte
Dear Edith...
Such sad tidings for all of us. Know that our prayers our with you and your family.
I am posting a poem that meant so much to me when my Mom passed. Praying that it will bring you comfort now too. God Bless and Keep you closer STILL today and all your tomorrows!
Our Love, Edward & Debi
Gone From My Sight
by Henry Van Dyke
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone"
Gone where?
Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"
And that is dying...
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Thursday, 02 August 2012 05:41
Audrey Huddleston
I am so sorry for your loss. I did not see Dale often, but I never saw him without his friendly smile. I will have you all in my prayers.
Audrey-Newport, AR
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Thursday, 02 August 2012 05:38
Audrey Huddleston
I am so sorry for your loss. I didn't see Dale often but I never saw him without his friendly smile. My prayers are with you all.
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Tuesday, 31 July 2012 22:30
Mark J.VonBank
7/31/'12 To Edith and Families, my thoughts and prayers are with you all on the loss of one fine person. Dale was always kind and friendly and a very good neighbor when my parents and I lived on North Main Street. He will be missed by many friends and family. May God Be With You All and May Dale Rest in Peace Always. With Sincere Sympathy and Friendship, Mark J.VonBank-Park Rapids, Minnesota.
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I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers.My memories include being from Hubbard,I think we were all happy families on the prairie.I feel that is what we were ,a family.I feel we all had a number of parents watching over us and Dale and Edith were there for us all.It was a wonderful time and area to grow up in.I feel truly blessed.Dale and his loving smile and presence will be sadly missed.With deepest sympathy. Linda
Such sad tidings for all of us. Know that our prayers our with you and your family.
I am posting a poem that meant so much to me when my Mom passed. Praying that it will bring you comfort now too. God Bless and Keep you closer STILL today and all your tomorrows!
Our Love, Edward & Debi
Gone From My Sight
by Henry Van Dyke
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone"
Gone where?
Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"
And that is dying...
Audrey-Newport, AR