Just to back up what has already been posted regarding the Reginald Thomas Dale who died on 01.01.1990.
05 January 1990 - Staffordshire Sentinel - Stoke-on-Trent.
"...DALE. At rest on January 1st. at Bucknall Hospital. Reginald Thomas, aged 77 years. the dearly loved husband of Nora Frances Dale, of 108, Washerwall Lane, Werrington. very dear brother of Ivy and Daisy, dear brother-in-law of Jack, Joyce, Brenda..."