Dale Oliver Wilson (affectionately nicknamed “Papa Toad” by his grandchildren) passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 7, 2016. Dale was born to Emery E. and Mary Jane (Parrett) Wilson on September 4, 1922, on the family farm near Medford, Oklahoma.

Dale attended Medford Public Schools, graduating in 1940, and on September 29, 1942, he joined the Army Air Corp at Vance Air Base. On April 6, 1946, he married Georgia Daniels in Olney, Illinois. They made their home in the Medford area until Dale went to work in 1956 for the Champlin Loading Rack in Del City, Oklahoma. In 1957, they moved to Enid, and Dale continued to work for the Champlin Refinery until it closed in 1984. He was a faithful founding member of New Hope United Methodist Church and humbly served the Lord through his involvement in the Builders Class, United Methodist Men’s group and building committee. Dale was instrumental in the building of the current New Hope Church. He was a member of OCAW, AFI-CIO Union, and Coffeemate Camping Group.

Papa Toad loved spending time with his family and working in his “Sawdust Factory”, where he skillfully made inlaid wood chess tables. He especially enjoyed demonstrating the art of rope making to hundreds of school and church children with his father’s treasured antique rope maker.

Dale was preceded in death by his wife, Georgia, his parents, and two brothers, Kenneth Wilson and William Joe Wilson.

He is survived by his two children: Joyce (Dan) Fales of Enid, and Jim Wilson of Kremlin; three grandchildren, Robin Bailey of Irving, Texas, Robert Bailey of Edmond, and Brandi (Ricky) Ehardt of North Enid; and five great-grandchildren: Angela Johnson, Naomi Bailey, and Jordan Bailey of Spokane Valley, Washington, and Abigail and William Ehardt of North Enid.

A Celebration of Life Service will be at 2:00 P.M., February 12, 2015, at New Hope Methodist Church, with Rev. Diana Pruitt officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.