Dale Jordan Artz, 84, died April 25, 2008. He was born in Larned, on June 1, 1923. His family moved to Kingman, then Dodge City, where he met his wife Margaret “Peggy” Artz.
Dale served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1943-1946. Dale and Peggy were married in Dodge City on June 2, 1946, and soon after moved to Larned where they owned and operated Sandy's Grill and the Red Barn, a supper club.
In 1962, they moved to Pratt to manage the Pratt Country Club, and then country clubs in El Dorado, Emporia and Dodge City. They retired and moved to Green Valley in 1988. Dale was a member of the Country Club of Green Valley and the GVR Men's Poker Club. He loved cards and golf!


