Dal passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 24, 2013 in Dawson Creek, British Columbia at 71 years of age. He was born on September 28, 1941, Nipawin, Saskatchewan.
A Funeral Service was held Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 2:00 pm at the Alliance Church, Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Dr. Michael Stark officiated.
Dal grew up on a homestead in the Mossy Vale area, north of Nipawin, Saskatchewan. He was an only child. He rode to the nearest country school, a ten mile round trip each day. When he was thirteen, he left home to board in Nipawin and attend high school. It was there he met his future wife, Joan. As soon as he got a job after graduation with SaskPower, he called on her, and actually asked her to marry him on their first date. She agreed, and they have had nearly fifty-two
happy years together. They bought farm land near Tisdale, and Debbie and Howard were soon added to the family.
He decided to go to university and become a teacher, as a farm accident had disabled his ankle to some extent. Joan took further teacher training as well. With certificates in hand they first taught at La Crete, then Timber Bay in Saskatchewan. They went back to university for more training, but Dal ended up taking a job as quality control manager of the Nipawin canola plant. This lead him to a career in the plant at Lloydminster, as well as the plant at Sexsmith. Gillian was added to the family at Lloydminster. Shortly thereafter, he sold the Tisdale farm and bought land at Silver Valley, and later at Doe River. He started Paloverde Environmental, and began developing products based on canola by-products. He developed PaloSeal, a fluid loss product, PaloDrill, a drilling lubricant, and Turffix, an organic fertilizer. These products are all manufactured on the farm. Howard, Ty, and many of the grandkids help with the operation. In 2012 he finally had that perfect year for which all farmers wait: Good prices, good weather, good crop, straight combined by the middle of September, and #1 wheat!
Dal will be missed by his wife Joan Brown, Children: Debra (Glenn) Harms,
Howard (Kelly) Brown and Gillian (Tyson) Smith, Grandchildren: Jocelyn and Noah Buhr, Jennifer, Landon, Kenton and Colson Brown, Megan, Logan, Rhys,
and Catriona Smith.
Arrangements were entrusted to Bergeron Funeral Services & Crematorium Ltd.