Daniel was a husband, father, friend, firefighter, teacher, carpenter, fisherman and volunteer. In each of these roles, he was the same person. Someone to look up to, someone to follow, someone to admire, someone to be proud of and someone to brag about, someone to learn from and someone to respect, someone to listen to and someone to talk to, someone to try and impress, sometimes rebel against, someone to hold and someone to cry with and, most of all, someone we are all blessed to have shared time with. Only God knows how many people he touched and lives he changed. He was a true hero! To say he was loved would be an understatement and to say we’re going to miss him would be an even greater understatement.
Today, we celebrate Daniel’s life and take comfort knowing he is walking the streets of gold on his way to the most beautiful alpine lake where the trout are all trophies, and the water is smooth as glass.
