Dale Francis Butrymowicz passed away suddenly on August 21, 2025. He was 66.

Dale led a life full of curiosity, adventure, and infectious laughter, marked by his ability to find fun and joy in almost everything and his deep love of family.

Dale was born on December 4, 1958 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Frank and LaVerne Butrymowicz, the baby in a boisterous house of four children. Naturally inquisitive from the start, he’d turn to reading the encyclopedia when bored and spent long summer days playing with neighborhood kids in the park at the end of the street.

As a teenager at Premontre High School, Dale joined the cross country team, starting a decades-long love of running, that later morphed into a love of biking. He graduated near the top of his class and went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dale’s 35-year engineering career reflected his varied interests. His work involved pens at Parker Pen, complex machines that manufactured CDs and DVDs at Leybold-Heraeus and Singulus Technologies, and electron beam welding machines (used to make, for example, airplane engines) at Precision Technologies, Inc. Throughout his years working, he enjoyed traveling both domestically and internationally, most often to Germany and Brazil.

More important to him than his career, however, was his family. As a college student, Dale met Amy Witbro and the two married soon after graduation. Two children followed, Daniel and Sarah. Dale’s career brought the young family from Wisconsin to Connecticut, and Dale took full advantage of New England. He loved family trips to Boston and New York (where he would always find some interesting historical landmark or eccentric store), ski trips to Vermont and New Hampshire and fall drives seeing the leaves change colors. And perhaps even more, he enjoyed fixing odds and ends at home, growing things in his garden and carefully curating his collection of random “cool” items. He was an excellent chef with a particular affinity for spicy food and strange beverages — the stranger the better.

Dale was perpetually interested in the world around him and spent his retirement continuing to learn; he was a voracious reader of news and nonfiction and could often be found watching recorded lectures online. He always prioritized talking to and visiting with his siblings, Gary, Audrey and Kristel. He loved taking trips, as big as a 10-day vacation abroad and as small as an hour’s drive to a new museum. His favorite trips, though, were to Austin, Texas, and Washington, D.C., to visit his grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife, Amy; children Daniel (Amanda) and Sarah (Steven); grandchildren, Madelyn, Devon and Eloise; and many family members and friends who will miss him dearly. 

A celebration of Dale’s life will be held in the fall. To be notified of details as they become available, please sign up under events.

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