Dale E. “Trail” Cohee of Crawfordsville passed away Thursday night, Feb. 8, 2024. at home. He was 84.
Lovingly known as “Dadaw” to his grandkids, Dale served in the National Guard and worked at RR Donnelley for 40 years. After taking early retirement, he worked at Town and Country Home Center where he enjoyed meeting and joking with the staff and customers. He started his own business, Trail’s Handyman Service. His honesty, trustworthiness and easy-going nature kept him in high demand in households throughout Montgomery County. He liked to build and fix things, which is one of the reasons he returned to Town and Country to be the maintenance man for Washington Manor, Campus View and Sycamore Apartment complexes.
In his younger days, Dale ran several marathons as well as the Indy Mini Marathon numerous times. He was a lifelong IU basketball fan who absolutely loved to play golf. Between his home courses of Muni in Crawfordsville and Cypress Point in Osteen, Florida, he could be found playing high stakes (see loose change) golf matches and bantering (see trash talking) with his golf buddies year-round. He attended Christ Lutheran Church. His family was the joy of his life and he was never too busy or too burdened to put his considerable skills to use whenever or wherever they were needed.
Born April 29, 1939, at Crawfordsville, he was the son of Norman Cohee and Dora Dale Cohee. Trail graduated from Darlington High School and on Dec. 24, 1957, he married Bonnie McCance. She survives.
Surviving family includes: wife Bonnie Cohee of Crawfordsville; son Chris (Tammy) Cohee of New Market; daughter Joy (Brent) Harlos of Crawfordsville; granddaughter Maleri (Michael) MacOwan of Wabash; grandson Nick (Amy) Crull; great-grandsons, Jaxon Cohee and Ayden Crull; great-granddaughter, Jaysa Crull; brother Mike Cohee; and two sisters, Rebecca Branstetter and Mary Ryker.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sister Elizabeth “Libby” Cohee; granddaughter Whitney Lynn Cohee; and great-granddaughter Margaret Lynn “Maggie” MacOwan.
Memorial services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 15 at Christ Lutheran Church, 300 W. South Blvd., led by Pastor Kelly Nelson. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the church. Arrangements were entrusted to Burkhart Funeral Home.
Donations in memory of Dale Cohee should be directed to the James B. Moore Animal Welfare League Fund at the Montgomery County Community Foundation, P.O. Box 334, Crawfordsville, IN 47933.
