Dale Sipult

SIKESTON - Dale Richard Sipult, 78, died May 24, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

Born Nov. 25, 1925, in Goddar, Kan., son of the late Bud and Elizabeth Poschen Sipult, he was a member of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. During his 40 years as a truck driver, he had been employed by Complete Auto Transit and Midway Wholesale Florist before retiring.

On July 6, 1963, he married Legretta Belle Fausett who survives of the home.

He is also survived by one daughter, Deborah Jean Sipult of Sikeston; and four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were: two sons, Clyde Allen Sipult and Ronnie Kay Miller; five brothers, Merele Eugene Sipult, Earl Lynn Sipult, Carl Francis Sipult, Jim Nole Sipult and Glen Robert Sipult; and one sister Bulleh May Sipult.

Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston, where services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. John Tarter, pastor of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, will officiate.

Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery in Sikeston.