Robert "Dale" Plumb, 94, of Bowling Green, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at Sterling
House.
Dale was born October 4, 1915 in Beloit, WI to the late Robert and Eunice (Marks) Plumb. He married Lucy
E. Little on April 18, 1937 and she preceded him in death on January 21, 2006. They were married 68
years.
Surviving are daughter-in-law, Lynda Abbott, of Seattle, WA; son, Richard Plumb; daughter and son-in-law,
Janice and Russell Veitch; and granddaughter, Robin Veitch, all of Bowling Green. Also surviving are
brothers, Mahlon of Merrillville, IN, and Roger of Plymouth, MN, sister, Margaret (Peg) Luedtke of
Coronado, CA; and brother-in-law, William Little, Stoddard, WI.
He was preceded in death by a son, Robert, and brothers, William and Stanley.
Dale was born in Beloit, WI but at age 2 moved with his family to homestead in Montana. They returned to
Wisconsin in 1921 where Dale was graduated from Beloit H.S. in 1934.
For many years he worked at the family restaurant, Plumb’s Lunch, in Beloit before taking up farming in
1949 on Hillside Road in Edgerton and later working at General Motors in Janesville. He retired in 1981
and moved to Bowling Green, OH in 2005.
Dale loved to golf and continued to do so into his 90s. He also loved to play Kings Down, a card game
invented by him and his brother.
He loved his church, the Albion Prairie Methodist Church, where he served as trustee and treasurer for
many years. But most of all he loved people and was always there for them, doing the little things to
make their lives better. He was, as they called him at Sterling House, A Ray of Sunshine.
Because Dale donated his body to the University of Toledo Medical College, there will be no visitation,
however, there will be a Celebration of Life service at Agape Church of Prayer, 408 Mitchell Road,
Bowling Green, on Saturday, October 31, 2009 beginning at 5 p.m., followed by a gathering at Sterling
House, 121 N. Wintergarden Road, Bowling Green.
Memorials in Dale’s name may be given to Albion Prairie Methodist Church in Wisconsin, Simpson Garden
Park in Bowling Green (Parks and Recreation Foundation memo: Plumb Memorial), or The Michael J. Fox
Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
Dunn Funeral Home Bowling Green, OH, is assisting the family with funeral services.
On-line condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.dunnfuneralhome.com.