Dale Dodier, Warsaw, passed away after a lengthy illness at 9:55 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne, at the age of 55.

He was born on Nov. 15, 1960, in San Gabriel, Calif., to Frank A. Fisher and Lois (LaMarche) Dodier.

He was a 1979 graduate of Westminster High School in Westminster, Calif., and had worked in hotel maintenance. Dale had been a resident of Kosciusko County for the past five years and he enjoyed playing poker at Blue Chip Casino.

He leaves behind one daughter: Rhapsody (Lincoln) Lusk, Warsaw; three grandchildren: Reagan; C.J.; and Dylan; mother: Lois Dodier, Massachusetts; one brother: Damian Dodier, Arizona; three sisters: Cheryl Dobson, Arizona; Crystal Arant, Virginia; and Cathy (Bruce) Underwood, California. He was preceded in death by his father.

No services are planned.

Arrangements were entrusted to Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw.