Dale Thomas Troop

Dale Thomas Troop October 27, 1927 - December 9, 2015 Dale Thomas Troop of Woodway passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 12, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with Bro. Roy Marshall officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, December 11, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Dale was born October 27, 1927, in Earlsboro, Oklahoma, to Floyd and Sallie Troop, the youngest of six children. After graduating from Earlsboro High School, he enlisted and served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1947. After his military service, Dale went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, where he was employed for 36 years, retiring in1985. Dale married Kathryn Strong on May 12, 1950, in Enid, Oklahoma, where they resided and had three daughters, Melody Ann, Sally Elizabeth and Kathy Dalene. Kathryn passed away in Enid in 1985. Dale moved to Waco where he married Ruth Elaine DeWeese on October 4, 1986, in Hewitt, Texas. Together they enjoyed traveling, cruising, attending MCC and Mary Hardin-Baylor basketball games where Elaine’s son, Ken DeWeese, was head basketball coach, delivering Meals & Wheels and being with family and friends. Dale was an avid outdoorsman for many years. No one who ever camped with Dale could forget his gourmet cook box or forget the meals he prepared. There was no “roughin” it with the food. Everyone always looked forward to his fish fries, complete with hush puppies and all the “fixins”. He also enjoyed woodworking and always had some project for the house. Dale was a member of First Baptist Church of Hewitt, where he served as a deacon. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Kathryn; one brother, A.J. Troop; and three sisters, Juanita Smith, Pat Murray and Jo Eva Troop. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Elaine Troop; one sister, Eloise Presson of Concord, California; daughters, Melody McDermitt and husband, Jim, of Waco, Sally Hayes and husband, Jack, of Leesburg, Virginia and Kathy Roberts and husband, Bruce, of Parker, Colorado; four grandchildren, Shannon McDermitt of Waco, Kira Roberts Partrick and husband, Michael, of Denver, Colorado, Eric Roberts of Denver, and Thomas Hayes of Charlottesville, Virginia; Elaine’s family: daughter, Sherry DeWeese Craft of Woodway, and her children, Gina Hunt and husband, Jody, of Austin, Cara DellaVedova of Austin, and Ken DeWeese and wife, Ann, of Belton, and their children, Kenny DeWeese and wife, Natalie, of El Paso, and Kelsey Malmin and husband, Kooper, of Belton; and Elaine’s great grandchildren, Gage and Stella Hunt, McKenna DellaVedova, and Emory and Ellison DeWeese. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Meals & Wheels, 501 W. Waco Dr., Waco 76707. The family invites you to leave a message or memory in our “Memorial Guestbook” at www.WHBfamily.com.