I KNEW DON FOR MANY YEARS, HE WAS A DEAR FRIEND AND WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMDERED BY ME AS A SPECIAL PERSON OF GREAT  INTEGRENTY.  

Howard Earnhardt

He was a great brother to my mom! He was a  kind and caring uncle to me, You all have our deepest sympathies!

Big D!  I remember him always being around the ballpark!  Always smiling and seriously always being an up-lifting presence.  If you had a bad game he made you feel like it was no big deal and it’s going to be better.  Bid D was always cracking jokes and after you laughed a minute you realized that it had a message to it and it related to your current life situation somehow.  I remember how proud he was of his book!  I have 2 of them… both signed.  He will be missed!

So sorry to hear that the Big D has passed away.  He used to always tell us dirty jokes in middle school and high school.  His jokes never had bad words in them but somehow they were always dirty😀. You had to connect the dots to get the dirty part.   The best kind of jokes.  When we were at KU he would come up to Lawrence once in awhile and take whatever roommates were around out to a buffet and then we’d go out to a pool hall or bar and play pool.  He’d only drink Pepsi and the first time I ever saw him shoot a pool stick I was amazed because he would just about run the table every time.  Said he grew up playing pool in bars, he was a pool shark.  Miss you big D!  Joe Crane

Don was my 2nd cousin. I met him at the June 1995 family reunion in Overland Park, Kansas. Our first encounter, he wasn’t quite himself! It was my Great-Aunt Daisy’s 80th birthday. Don surprised us all arriving in a huge, white limousine, and not as himself, but as Elvis Presley! He was in a black wig, and  full regalia of Elvis’ pantsuit, glistening rhinestoned cape, and the traditional white silk scarf. And as he lip synced an Elvis song belting from a boom-box, Don (I mean Elvis!) gave Auntie Daisy his white scarf (traditionally done by Elvis  in concert!), and he had the limo’s chauffeur  ‘driving Miss Daisy,’ and himself around town because Daisy had never been in a limousine before! And Don (excuse me, Elvis!) wanted her to feel special on her big birthday celebration 🎉. Don was a character  for sure, and he made the reunion/birthday party 🎈 as memorable as it could be! It’s a whopping 27 1/2 years, and I have not forgotten the minute I met him that day. He will be sorely missed. Hat’s off from the Delmar Anthony Californian clan of HOCHANADEL’S. 
🫶🏻 RIP COUSIN DON🙏🏼

You are a great uncle to me, We'll miss you. Rest and peace, uncle Don

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Maurine Elizabeth (Pecore) Hochanadel

Joy Ann (Graves) Hochanadel

Hailey Marie Hochanadel

Richard (Rich) H. Hochanadel

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Donald L. Hochanadel Jr.

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Kurt B. Hochanadel

Michael D. Hochanadel

Kelly Hochanadel

Kyle J. Hochanadel

Morgan Gray (Nate)

Luke Hochanadel

Elise Hochanadel

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Haven Gray

Adeline Gray

Bennet Gray

David Hochanadel

Max Hochanadel

Anthony Hochanadel

Rita Slous

Teresa Johnson

Rosalie Robl

Diane Schwartz

Mark Hochanadel

Gery Hochanadel

Judy Flax

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Donald L. Hochanadel

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