Born February 21, 1928 to John LaVere Dahle and Christina Nell Hendricks Dahle in Clarkston, Utah. Died December 8, 2005 at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah of complication following heart surgery. Married Donna Van Orden March 21, 1946, Marriage was later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple.

Rod grew up in Clarkston, Utah. He spent most of his adult life in Lewiston, Utah where he started a plumbing & heating business in 1966 and was active in his business working along side his sons Dennis a nd John for many years building Dahle Heating & Plumbing into a very successful business.

His three greatest loves in life was family, horses and work in that order. He was active in the appaloosa and quarter horse racing associations and was a very successful and well-known horse owner and trainer. His favorite horse was named “Silver”, but he had many others he was very fond of. And his horses loved him as well often whinnying as they heard him coming towards the barn. His horses won many races in the intermountain region. He was named horse owner, with his IA RA horse of the year “Silver” in 1998.

He is survived by his wife Donna and brother Val (Lorna; children, Dennis Dahle of Lewiston, Utah, Janet (Michael) Bosen of Preston, Idaho, Becky (August) Miller of Bountiful, Utah and John Dahle of Lewiston, Utah; five grandsons, four granddaughters, and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister, two brothers, his daughter Sherrie Jackson and a grandson Craig Reaves.

The family would like to express their sincere thanks to all the doctors and nurses at the Thoracic Intensive Care Unit at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah for their kindness, love and compassion.

Funeral Services will be held 11 a.m. Monday December 12, 2005 at the Lewiston 3rd Ward, 20 South Main, Lewiston, Utah. Friends may call Sunday, December 11 from 6-8 p.m. at Nelson Funeral Home, 85 South Main in Smithfield, Utah and Monday 9:45-10:45 a.m. at the church prior to the services. Interment: Lewiston City Cemetery, Lewiston, Utah. Condolences may be extended to the family online at Nelson Funeral Home.