Dale Bacon 1955-2012

Dale T. Bacon, age 57 of Lincoln, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday March 28th after a courageous battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his family and loved ones.

Dale was born on February 19th, 1955 in Grinnell Iowa and was raised in Brooklyn Iowa.  He attended Brooklyn elementary and BGM high school where he nurtured his interest in acting. He graduated in 1973.  Following high school, he attended John F. Kennedy College in Wahoo, NE and was selected Honorable mention for Outstanding New Actor.

In 1977 he enlisted in the US Navy and participated in several tours at sea earning the rank of Radio Man 2nd class. He was also a news broadcaster on the USS Cleveland's closed circuit TV system. After serving four years active duty and nearly 2 more in reserves, Dale was honorably discharged on Nov. 30th, 1982.

After his military service, Dale settled in Lincoln, to raise a family. He worked at several jobs including; Duncan Aviation, Midlands Packaging, Way Home Bookstore and at KZUM radio. Dale hosted different programs on KZUM including Perchance to Dream, Mystic Dreams and he co-hosted Exploring Unexplained Phenomena for a number of years. He helped coordinate several conferences in town and was a member of the Fortean Research Center. In 1994 he was hired by the Nebraska State Historical Society and advanced through several positions before finding his dream job as assistant curator for historical archives. In this position Dale excelled at the restoration of old manuscripts, gathering research material and advancing the digital photo archives collection.

Dale was active in the Community Playhouse and participated in several different melodramas, as well as plays for the Senior Center. Each Halloween, Dale was in high demand as he would host multiple ghost tours around town in a tour bus, which sold out each year.

He is survived by his life partner, Linda Keith, his daughters Erin (Lange) Bacon and Jennifer Bacon, Granddaughter Colleen Lange, Dale's mother Ellen Annie (Peak) Bacon, brothers Allen Bacon, Gary Bacon, sisters Nancy (Bacon) Tauber, Julie (Bacon) Bartachek, and their spouses, many nieces, nephews, cousins and a wide variety of friends. He is preceded in death by his father Edward Wayne Bacon.