Dyle E. Kanable

Dyle E. Kanable, age 95 of Viola, died Monday, November 2, 2009. Dyle Elwood Kanable, 95, of Viola died on Monday, November 02, 2009 at Vernon Memorial Healthcare in Viroqua, WI. He was born on November 01, 1914, in the Town of Forest, Richland County, son of Brainard and Ethel (Jones) Kanable. He married Jessie Wonn Jul 02, 1950 in Dodgeville, WI. He graduated Viola Public High School in 1933, ran a portable feed mill and built silos, before enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corp. Dec 08, 1941. He owned and operated the Viola Mobil Station for several years before going into business with Tiny Ambrose (K & A Standard Service). Then in 1968 he went to work for the Kickapoo Area Schools as a bus mechanic until he retired in 2004. He loved traveling, baseball, deer hunting, fishing and the county fairs. He never missed a harness race. He was here for the very first Viola Horse & Colt Show and for everyone after that. Dyle was a charter member of the Viola American Legion Post #447. Survivors include his wife Jessie Kanable of Viola; three children Bonnie (Jim) Thoftne, Soldiers Grove, Lorene Kanable (Kevin Tuckwood), Richland Center, William Kanable, Viola; three grandsons Matthew Thoftne, Mark Thoftne, Cashton, John Dyle Thoftne, Richland Center; one sister Marian Perry of Madison; eight sisters-in-law, four brothers-in-law and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Funeral Services will be held at the Vosseteig Funeral Homes Henthorn Memorial Center, 129 S. Main, Viola, on Friday Novermber 6, 2009 at 1 p.m. with Reverend Clyde Cross officiating. Burial will be in the Viola Cemetery with military honors provided by Viola American Legion Post #447. Visitation will be held at Vosseteig Funeral Homes Henthorn Memorial Center on Thursday, November 5, 2009 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Friends may also call one hour prior to the service. The Vosseteig Funeral Homes Henthorn Memorial Center in Viola is assisting the family.