Dale Edward Constantine, son of Philip and Loraine Constantine, died at the age of 62 on 10 March, of complications following heart transplant surgery.
A database analyst who started out as a high school biology teacher, he retired to St George in 2006 after a long career in aerospace, banking, and health services that included responsibility for the first system to manage the inventory of protective tiles that cover the space shuttle.
He was a Vietnam Veteran and later became an enthusiastic marksman and gun collector known in shooting circles as Mild Bill Hiccup, the handle under which he participated in cowboy-action shooting meets. He was a long-term supporter of the Single Action Shooting Society and became a member of the local club, the Dixie Desperados, after moving to Utah.
In St. George, he joined Shepherd of the Hills Church, where he made a wide circle of friends and became known for his good cookies and his good humor. After a massive heart attack left him dependent on an implanted heart-assist pump, he remained active with the loving aid of his church friends, participating in church events, attending shooting meets, and proudly becoming the first such patient to receive a driver's license.
He is survived by an older sister, Karen, and her children, Lorinda, William Robert, and Paul, and by a brother, Larry, and his children, Joy, Heather, Devan, and Tovah.
