DENTON,MD - L. Dale Blades of Denton, Md., died Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at the Memorial Hospital in Easton, Md. He was 63 years old. Born in Easton on December 7, 1952, Dale was the son of the late Leonard Thomas (L.T.) Blades and Margaret "Peggy" Quillen Blades. He was a 1971 graduate of North Caroline High School. He had worked for many years for Rite Aid Drug Stores on the Delmarva Peninsula until he retired in 2013. He had also raced go-carts for 35 years throughout Maryland and Delaware and had bowled in the Chestertown Bowling Alley League. Dale is survived by his brother, Ronald E. Blades of Denton. The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. on Monday, August 29th, at the Moore Funeral Home, P.A., 12 S. Second Street in Denton where friends may call one hour prior to the service. The interment will be in the Denton Cemetery, 24865 Meeting House Road in Denton. To offer online condolences, please visit moorefuneralhomepa.com.