{"id":44548,"date":"2026-08-18T15:15:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=44548"},"modified":"2026-08-19T15:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T20:58:14","slug":"dale-ready-90-of-mason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/44548-dale-ready-90-of-mason\/","title":{"rendered":"Dale Ready (90) of Mason"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dale Ready, age 90, of Mason, Illinois passed away peacefully in his home on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM on Thursday, August 27, 2026 at the Mason Christian Church in Mason, Illinois, with visitation one hour prior to the service.\u00a0 Visitation will also be held from 5:00-7:00 PM on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at the Mason Christian Church.\u00a0 Interment will follow at Mason Cemetery. Pastor Mark White will be presiding.\u00a0 In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Mason Cemetery, Mason Civic Center, or the donor\u2019s choice. Online condolences may be expressed at www.pagelfuneralhome.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dale was born on September 16, 1935 the son of Lynn and Myrtle (Shumaker) Ready.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dale grew up in rural Mason with 4 brothers and 3 sisters.\u00a0 Dale married the love of his <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">life Carldeane (Phelps) Ready on March 21, 1965, who preceded him in death in 1992.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Visiting her gravesite frequently the remainder of his life, Dale is finally reunited with <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Carldeane and at peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dale was well known for his strong work ethic working numerous jobs simultaneously <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and seamlessly.\u00a0 He started his drilling career with Dikor Drilling in Carmi, Illinois when <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">he met Carldeane.\u00a0 As a young family man, Dale sought a job with less travel; therefore, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">he worked at Peerless of America as a manager for many years. He also owned several <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">rental houses and managed a cattle farm at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 1972, Dale and Carldeane purchased the Mason Grocery Store.\u00a0 Amongst his other <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">jobs, Dale and Carldeane managed the store together.\u00a0 Missing his love of the outdoors, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">drilling, and autonomy, Dale opened his own business, READY DRILLING Company in <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1979.\u00a0 He was the owner and operator until his retirement of the business in 1999.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Unable to truly retire, Dale continued to own and operate oil wells, also known as Ready <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Oil, until the ripe age of 86 years when his eyesight began to fail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dale had a fierce love for his family, friends, and community alike.\u00a0 He was well known <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">for his giving nature and helping whenever and wherever needed.\u00a0 Dale will be missed <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">by so many with whom he had such a significant impact.\u00a0 Most of all he will be missed by <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">his family!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The family and community\u2019s patriarch has died, but his influence and love he shared will <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">be felt and cherished for generations to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dale is survived by his son, Brent (Sharon) Ready of Mason, Illinois; daughters, Vicki <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Alan) McDonald of Lantana, Texas and Rhonda (David) Keller of Newton, Illinois; sister, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lynda Ready of Effingham, Illinois; two sisters-in-law, Glenda Ready and Pauline <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ready; grandchildren, Amanda Jackson (Justin), Malissa Lorton (Chad), Clint Ready <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Desiree), Laura Koester (Eric), Laura Delassus (Barry), Kimberly Herberer, Matthew <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gobczynski (Kendra), Andrew Keller (Kelsey), and Ashley Schmidt (Jacob); 26 great-<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren with one on the way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He was preceded in death by his parents, Lynn and Myrtle Ready; his loving wife of 25 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">years, Carldeane Ready; his 4 brothers, Johnny Ready, Urban \u201cBuck\u201d Ready, Jerry <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ready, and Jim Ready; 2 sisters, Barbara Ready and Sandra Phillips; and 3 sisters-in-<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">law, Peggy Ready, Joy Ready, and Nancy Ready.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dale died on Wednesday, August 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":44549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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