Daniel Bacon Roberts

Dan graduated from Sandy Creek High School and attended SUNY at Morresville. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1971-1978 starting aboard the USS Oklahoma City, with a three-year duty in Vietnam and finishing up in Japan and Bremerton. While in Japan, on February 4, 1977 he married Yumiko Kanehira.

Dan worked as a mechanical technician for PanAm, Otis, Beckman Construction and Advanced Tech Services until he became disabled and then soon after developed cancer.

Dan is survived by his wife Yumiko of 34 years and one son, Roy (Celeste) of Taylorsville, Utah, and grandson Tate Daniel Roberts, also of Taylorsville, Utah. Dan also is survived by his brothers, Todd (Shirley) and Tim Roberts of Raleigh, NC and sisters Jeryl (Steve) Jones, Scottsdale, AZ, Pamela Blonaircyzk, Raliegh, NC, and Rachel (Troy) Decker of Pewaukee, Wisconsin.

Memorial services for Dan will be held 11 a.m. Friday, November 25, 2011 at Miller-Woodlawn Funeral Home 5505 Kitsap Way, Bremerton, Wa. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Kitsap County Care Center in Bremerton, Wa.