Dale Martin Ashmun, 73, of Glenwood, Arkansas passed away from complications of open-heart surgery on April 24, 2025.

He was born on March 17, 1952, to Van S and Lyra Jeanette Ashmun and stepmother Rita Camp Ashmun in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Dale graduated from Southeast High School and the University of Nebraska with a master’s in education with Honors.  Local Lincolnites may remember him as "The Guru Rooty-Tute Kazooie". Dale had many interesting jobs and enjoyed extensive traveling. After an early stint as a disk jockey in Las Vegas, Dale moved to New York City for almost 10 years. He worked at Katherine's, The Club 54, and the CBGB's in its heyday and later as a Talent Scout for A&M Records and later he moved to New Orleans for over 10 years, and all across the southern states, including the Caribbean, working as a professional Poker Dealer. After Hurricane Katrina flooded his home in Louisiana, Dale ended up living in Glenwood, Arkansas.

He was predeceased by his parents and one brother, Tod Ashmun. Dale leaves behind his son Christopher Bang; brothers Jay Ashmun of Lincoln, Nebraska; Ray Ashmun of Portland, Oregon.

For those of you on Facebook, more tributes can be found on Dale's Facebook page... 
https://www.facebook.com/dashmun 

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