Daniel D. Boone

DANIEL DAVID BOONE, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA PASSED AWAY SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING WIFE OF OVER 60 YEARS AND HIS FAMILY AT MANOR CARE ON MONDAY JUNE 18TH 2012. PER HIS WISHES THE BODY WILL BE CREMATED. CUNNICK COLLINS WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE LUNCHEON WILL BE AT THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL IN BLUE GRASS IOWA ON HIS 82ND BIRTHDAY, JUNE 30TH FROM 1PM TILL 6PM. ALL WHO WISH TO SHARE MEMORIES PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ATTEND.DANIEL DAVID BOONE WAS BORN ON JUNE 30, 1930 IN MOLINE ILLINOIS TO ROBERT WILLIAM AND BESSE MAE (ADAMS) BOONE. IN HIS EARLY YEARS DANIEL AND HIS SISTER WERE RESIDENTS OF THE ODDFELLOWS HOME IN CANON CITY COLORADO. A PLAQUE BEARING THEIR NAMES CAN STILL BE SEEN THERE TODAY. DANIEL MET AND MARRIED VIVIAN PAULINE (HUGHES) IN 1951. THEY MARRIED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1951. THEY LIVED IN WESTERN DAVENPORT FOR 48 YEARS AT THE “OLD BOONE’S FARM” DANIEL’S FIRST JOB WAS AT THE AGE OF 14 AND HE WORKED UP UNTIL AUGUST OF 2010. DANIEL WAS BORN TO DRIVE. IF YOU WANTED TO GO ANY WHERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO GET THERE DAN COULD TELL YOU THE QUICKEST ROUTE. HE LOVED TO TRAVEL AND ESPECIALLY LOVED TO GO TO COLORADO, GOING THERE ON SEVERAL SUMMER VACATIONS. DAN ALSO LOVED TO TELL STORIES, ESPICALLY THE FACT THAT HE WAS A DISTANT REALATIVE OF THE “REAL” DANIEL BOONE. AND THAT HE WAS ON THE FIRST TRIP THE MAYFLOWER MADE TO AMERICA AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT TOLD THEM IT WOULD MAKE A GOOD PLACE TO REST, CREATING THE WORLD’S FIRST REST STOP!ONE OF DAN’S FIRST JOBS WAS WORKING FOR A LOCAL POWER COMPANY. HE THEN GOT HIS LICENCE AND STARTED DRIVING FOR LOCAL COMPANYS INCLUDING MOBIL OIL, STANDARD OIL, MAC TRUCKING, YELLOW FREIGHT, RUAN, AND SOME TIMES FOR MORE THAN ONE AT TIME. HE WAS A GREAT DRIVER AND HAD A PERFECT DRIVING RECORD FOR ALL HIS YEARS ON THE HIGHWAYS ACROSS AMERICA. HE LAST JOB, ONE THAT COMBINED HIS LOVE OF DRIVING AND HAVING CHILDREN AROUND, WAS FOR THE DAVENPORT YMCA AS A BUS DRIVER. THE CHILDREN CALLED HIM ‘GRANDPA DAN” AND HE COULDN’T HAVE BEEN HAPPIER. DAN ENJOYED TRAVELING AND HIS FAMILY. HE LOVED TO WATCH HIS WESTERN MOVIES AND LISTEN TO HIS CLASSICAL MUSIC WHEN HE WANTED TO RELAX.YOU COULD USUALLY FIND DAN SITTING DOWN WITH A CUP OF COFFEE AND WATCHING HIS GRAND CHILLDREN PLAYING IN THE YARD. OVER THE YEARS THE FAMILY HAD NUMERUS GET TOGETHERS AT THE “BOONE’S FARM” INCLUDING HOLIDAY GET TOGETHERS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, WEDDINGS AND THEIR RECEPTIONS. IT WAS NEVER A SURPISE TO ANYONE THAT KNEW DAN, TO GET A CALL TO SAY THEY WERE HAVING A GET TOGETHER THE VERY NEXT DAY OR EVEN THE SAME DAY AND HAVE NO LESS THAT 30 PEOPLE SHOW UP. THAT WAS JUST THE WAY THINGS WORKED FOR DAN. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED NOT ONLY BY HIS LOVING FAMILY, BUT ALSO THE OTHERS WHO CAME INTO HIS LIFE. THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR DAN DURING HIS ILLNESS. THEY HAVE HELPED MORE THAN YOU KNOW. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK TRINITY HOSPICE INCLUDING BRENDA AND CORY, THANK YOU FOR BEING THEIR FOR HIM AND LETTING HIM TELL YOU ALL HIS STORY’S THAT THE REST OF US HAVE HEARD THOUSANDS OF TIMES BUT STILL LOVED TO LISTEN TO THEM. ALSO THANK YOU TO DR FRANCIS KANE AND HIS STAFF. ALSO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO HIS “AROUND THE CLOCK “ CARE GIVERS THEY HELPED HIM TO MAKE SURE HE WAS SAFE AND COMFORTABLE AND TO GET AS MUCH OUT OF LIFE THAT HE COULD.DAN IS SURVIED BY HIS WIFE VIVIAN (POLLY) OF 60+YEARS. HIS CHILDREN VIVIAN MORROW , MANCATO ILL, JEFF BOONE, DAVENPORT , EDITH (KATHY) (GENE ) AMBORT, BLUE GRASS, , RHONDA (TERRY) WADKINS, DAVENPORT, JENNIFER EIS-HILL,( SPECIAL FRIEND DALE MILLER) DAVENPORT, SARA(LES)ANDERS, DAVENPORT, DOUG (KIM) BOONE, DAVENPORT AND LINDA MITCHELL, MAQUAN ILL. HE ALSO HAS 23 GRANDCHILDREN, AUBREY, HEATHER, CHRIS, TIM, JOSH, CHEVONNE, AMANDA, KARI, LORI, NIKI, JERIMIAH, JILL, KRYSTAL, JAMI, NICHOLE, DUSTIE, CRISTIE, MELISIA, LAYCIE, J.D., BRIAN, ALESA AND JASON. HE ALSO HAD 41 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT GREAT GRANCHILD HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, SISTERS AND BROTHERS, A GRANDDAUGHTER, MELISSA YVONNE BOONE AND A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER DESTINY ANN EIS. THERE HAS BEEN A MEMORIAL FUND ESTABLISHED AT WELLS FARGO BANK, HICKORY GROVE BRANCH AT 2626 HICKORY GROVE ROAD DAVENPORT, IOWA.