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Everett Dale, Developer, NAHB Life Director, Dies at 81
Everett Eldridge Dale, a home builder and developer in the Oklahoma City, Okla. area, and a life director of NAHB, died in his home on Nov. 15. He was 81.
Dale was born in Dallas in 1923 and enlisted in the Marine Corps during World War II. He started building homes in Oklahoma City in 1948 and built hundreds of homes there and in Edmond, Okla. throughout his career.
A graduate of the University of Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Dale formed Carriage Homes in 1958. His business is now operated by his son, Mark.
Dale was a member of the Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association for 55 years, serving as president in 1960 and receiving the Builder of the Year Award in 1989.
He is survived by his wife, Jean; his son, Mark, and Mark's wife, Lark; a daughter, Laurie Keffer, and her husband, Jim; another son, Scott; and four grandsons.
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