Michael DALE Obituary

I first met Michael as a Youth Worker in Levin, he was my mentor for this role, I think he brought me my first thesaurus!. He was working as a Probation Officer at the time. I maintained a friendship with Michael over the years after moving to Palmerston North in 1987. I last saw Michael when I was back in Palmerston in 2019. I am so sorry to hear of his passing, he was a very special person and friend. Sending his family my deepest condolences and in particular to Jacob.

Michael and I share a wonderful son whom we both adore. When our marriage ended we were always able to successfully co-parent Jacob due to a mutual respect and a shared pride and joy in our son.Michael was generous, extremely intelligent, a great leader, funny and eccentric. As a father he was very loving, supportive and encouraging. I was lucky enough to catch up with him recently and we shared memories and had a lot of laughs together. RIP Michael.

Our heartfelt sympathy to the family of Michael. We had in common a love for our grandchild. We remember him with very fond memories. Sending our love to his family from ours at this very sad time.

We offer our Deepest Sympathy with the passing of Michael.
He was a Special Friend to the Lochore Family.
Michael was a wonderful,caring,intelligent man with a Great sense of Humour!
He accomplished so much in his life but the greatest would be his Family.
So many memories there are to share with each other.
RIP Michael
Jon & Colleen Lochore

I was sad to read that Michael has died. I worked with him in CYFs and was always so impressed with his sense of social justice, his incredible intellect, his wit, wisdom, vision, and leadership. He was a special person.
Kua hinga te totara i te wao nui a Tane.
Nga Mihi Nui
Vivienne Martini