Dale LaRue Crowder, 50, Kansas City, MO, died Thursday, November 10, 2011 at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. Memorial services will be held at 7:00 p.m. Monday, November 14, 2011 at the Atkinson Chapel in Harrisonville. Friends may call from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Monday at the chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to the Dale Crowder Memorial Fund, c/o Atkinson Funeral Home, 600 West Wall Street, Harrisonville, MO 64701.

Dale was born January 2, 1961 in Harrisonville, MO, the son of Lyle C. and Hazel (Mudd) Crowder. He lived in Harrisonville until moving to Kansas City 15 years ago. He worked as a truck driver for David Beard Sodding in Archie, MO.

Dale was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by one sister, Patti Baker and her husband, Rex, Archie, MO; three brothers, Larry Crowder and his wife, Wanda, West Line, MO, Edward "Eddie" Crowder, Belton, MO and Gary Crowder and his wife, Kim, Pleasant Hill, MO and long-time friend and companion, Roxie Miller.