OBITUARY
Dale Florid Stehno
October 6, 1938 – March 1, 2026
Dale Florid Stehno passed away on Sunday, March 1st, 2026, at the Pikes Peak Hospice in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with family by his side.
Dale was born on October 6th, 1938, in Enid, Oklahoma. He grew up on the family farm in Billings, Oklahoma. In 1960 he received a Bachelor of Science degree from Oklahoma State University, leading to a teaching position in the Tulsa Public schools.
Dale married Ann Whitehead on September 23rd, 1961, in Ponca City, Oklahoma. He then spent a year of active duty for the Oklahoma Air National Guard, after which he returned to Oklahoma State University to study for a Master of Science. Ann and Dale moved to Whitewater in 1964 where he had taken a job in Student Personnel at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Their two children Cheryl and Brad were born at this time.
In June 1968 the family moved to Laramie Wyoming to study for his Doctorate in Counselor Education. They returned to Whitewater in December 1969 where Dale took a position with the newly authorized graduate program in Counselor Education. Dale continued at the university until retirement as a Professor of Counselor Education in 1998. In 2008 he moved to Colorado to be closer to family.
Throughout his life Dale loved sports and travel. Through most of his 34 years at UW-W he played basketball in the Noon Hour Basketball Association. In retirement he played many social rounds of golf. Ann and Dale travelled around the world exploring and adventuring; but his favorite trips were undoubtedly loading up his canoe and heading for a week in the Quetico with friends and family from Whitewater.
Dale is survived by his Wife Ann, Children Cheryl and Brad, Grandchildren Dylan, Payton, Ailsa and Heather and Great-Grandchildren Eric and Thomas.
After cremation there will be a Celebration of Life service in Colorado for the family. Dale will then be interred at the Union Cemetery in Billings, Oklahoma.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to the Pikes Peak Hospice in Colorado Springs at https://pikespeakhospice.org/give
