Daniel P. Cannon

On Saturday, October 28, 2023, of Germantown, MD; Retired Colonel of the U.S. Air Force passed away. Born in Bethlehem, PA in 1934 to James and Helen Cannon and graduated Lehigh University. Daniel is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Anna Cannon, his three children, Mike Cannon, Mark Cannon, and Dawn Michelle Messier, and two grandchildren, Robert, and Samantha Messier. Dan was deeply loved by his family and friends.

Friends and family may call at DeVol Funeral Home, 10 East Deer Park Drive, Gaithersburg, MD on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, from 2:00PM to 4:00PM. In lieu of flowers and memorial donations, please leave a kind memory of Daniel on his obituary.

High FlightBY JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR.

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirthof sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred thingsYou have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swungHigh in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,I've chased the shouting wind along, and flungMy eager craft through footless halls of air ....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blueI've topped the wind-swept heights with easy graceWhere never lark nor ever eagle flew—And, while with silent lifting mind I've trodThe high untrespassed sanctity of space,Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.