Kenneth Wayne Dalrymple

May 2, 1932 – October 17, 2002

Kenneth Wayne Dalrymple, 70, formerly of Perry, Oklahoma, died October 17, 2002, at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California.

Born May 2, 1932, in Perry, Oklahoma, he was the son of Don and Hazel (McMullen) Dalrymple. He was a 1952 graduate of Perry High School, attended Oklahoma State University, Okmulgee Tech, and was a veteran of the Korean War having served in the 45th Infantry Division, 179th Infantry Regiment, Company I.

He married Willa Groneman on June 20, 1954, in Garber, Oklahoma.

He worked for Waukesha Engines in New Mexico and Wyoming. He returned home to Perry in 1966, where he began farming and ranching. In 1996 he went to work for Charles Machine Works retiring in 1999 and moving to California.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Pasadena, California.

Survivors include his spouse, Willa of the home, two daughters, Debbi Dalrymple and partner Patricia of Enunclaw, Washington, Cheri Erlick and her husband Erick of Pasadena, California, mother Hazel Busse of Perry, Oklahoma, three sisters Marilyn Eby and her husband Jay of Prescott, Arizona, Phyllis Oliphant and her husband Otis of Norman, Oklahoma, Jan Billingsley and her husband Gary of Perry, Oklahoma, two grandchildren Erica and Sean Erlick of Pasadena, California.

He is preceded in death by his father Don, one brother Donald Lee and an infant daughter.

Memorial Services were held in Pasadena, California, on Monday, October 21, 2002, at 2:00 pm at the First United Methodist Church of Pasadena, California. A Memorial Service will be held Wednesday, October 23, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Perry, Oklahoma with Rev. Ron Weathers officiating. Memorials may be made to the USC Cardiothoracic Research Fund.