Praying for you and your family 🙏

Dan you was like a little brother to me I cared about you from day one that I met you I wish I could of been there more but your an uncle and Payton would of Been happy to meet her incredible uncle she would of loved you I hope your at peace now and you will be missed but never forgotten

Our thoughts and prayers are with your entire family. Daniel was a sweet soul and we will forever hold our memories of him close to our hearts. We love you all.

I’ll always go back to the day we met. It feels like ages ago. It was February-March, I was in 5th grade, and was looking for something to do after school was out and had decided to go with someone (I don’t even remember whom) to hang out with a group of 6th graders that I wasn’t familiar with. We had all settled on playing soccer since I had my bright orange soccer ball that I was enamored with at the time. I don’t really remember much about that day, but somewhere in that group of kids was my future best friend. Fast forward a few months, school was out, and I had moved into the middle house of a dead end street with only 3 homes. Those first few days were pretty lonely, but within the first week, I saw you outside in your front yard shooting your BB gun at some cans across the street, and I knew I had to get a piece of that. We immediately hit it off and in in no time we had become inseparable. At some point you let me know that you had come out with your BB gun with the express purpose of impressing the new kid on the block, and my god did it work. You also let me know that you thought that I, the the wide eyed boy with the orange soccer ball and bowl cut, looked like a fruit loop (not the word you used) when we originally met. In the 18 years that we’ve known each other, you’d hardly see Dan without Corey being somewhere nearby.

 Dan, I have so many memories and great things to say about you. You were kind, hilarious, and loyal to a fault to those you truly cared for. You were my best friend, my family, and above all else, you were my brother. I’ve always been an incredibly shy person, but you pulled me out of my shell more times than I can count these past 18 years. It’d be no exaggeration to say that you saved my life numerous times, both literally and by being in my corner in my darkest hours. You introduced me to so many amazing experiences and people, including my wife, whom we met on a video game, and became someone I couldn’t imagine life without at this point. You may have spent the last third of your life walking in darkness, but you were an amazing person, the best possible friend someone could ask for, and the world is worse off with your absence, even if you’d never believe that. There’s so much I want to say to you, but now that you’re gone, it looks like my wife and future child will have to put up with me gushing about their Uncle Dan, who was so very dear to me, and who they weren’t fortunate enough to meet. You might be gone, but I’ll make sure you live on the memories of everyone close to me. I miss you so much man, it’s unreal. One of my only regrets at this point is that we didn’t spend even more time with each other. I love you so much, Dan, and I always will. Rest in peace, brother.