Daniel K. Melzer passed away unexpectedly in his home in Fremont on Saturday, June 15, 2013. He was 66 years old.
Danny was born in 1946 on Christmas Day in Neenah, Wisconsin, the first-born son of the late Howard and Dorothy (Bauman) Melzer. After graduating from Neenah High School, he served in the US Army from 1966 to 1969.
On December 10, 1983, he married Rhonda Faulks in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the next nine years, they lived on Doty Island in Neenah with their two sons, Cameron and Corey, travelling every weekend to West Bloomfield, to spend time at their "cabin in the woods." They always looked forward to time spent at this peaceful place and in 1992, they built their dream home a short distance away from it and have lived there ever since.
Danny was a steamfitter by trade and retired on August 23, 2003. He was a member of the Local 400 Plumbers and Steamfitters Union, as well as the National Humane Society, the ASPCA, the National Wildlife Foundation, the American Legion Post 33 and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. In his free time, Danny enjoyed hunting, cutting and splitting wood, woodworking, metal fabrication, gardening and taking his nieces and nephews on tractor rides through the woods.
Danny is survived by his wife Rhonda; sons Cameron (special friend, Stephanie) Melzer, Neenah and Corey Melzer, Waupaca; sisters-in-law Sharon (Jerry) Breen, Appleton and Ruth Melzer, Neenah; nieces Jennifer (David) Knaack, Greenfield; Melissa Fischer, Appleton; nephews Mark (Tammy) Boone, Appleton and Joel (Julie) Boone, Appleton; great nieces and great nephews Courtney (Andy) Peterson, Coleton and Caylah Fischer, Emily and Elijah Knaack, Hailey and Cody Boone and his much loved pets, Moses, Heidi, Naomi and Celine.
Dan was preceded in death by his in-laws, Ronald and Gladys Faulks and his younger brother, Robert Melzer.
Note: obituary prepared by Lewin Funeral Home
Danny was born in 1946 on Christmas Day in Neenah, Wisconsin, the first-born son of the late Howard and Dorothy (Bauman) Melzer. After graduating from Neenah High School, he served in the US Army from 1966 to 1969.
On December 10, 1983, he married Rhonda Faulks in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the next nine years, they lived on Doty Island in Neenah with their two sons, Cameron and Corey, travelling every weekend to West Bloomfield, to spend time at their "cabin in the woods." They always looked forward to time spent at this peaceful place and in 1992, they built their dream home a short distance away from it and have lived there ever since.
Danny was a steamfitter by trade and retired on August 23, 2003. He was a member of the Local 400 Plumbers and Steamfitters Union, as well as the National Humane Society, the ASPCA, the National Wildlife Foundation, the American Legion Post 33 and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. In his free time, Danny enjoyed hunting, cutting and splitting wood, woodworking, metal fabrication, gardening and taking his nieces and nephews on tractor rides through the woods.
Danny is survived by his wife Rhonda; sons Cameron (special friend, Stephanie) Melzer, Neenah and Corey Melzer, Waupaca; sisters-in-law Sharon (Jerry) Breen, Appleton and Ruth Melzer, Neenah; nieces Jennifer (David) Knaack, Greenfield; Melissa Fischer, Appleton; nephews Mark (Tammy) Boone, Appleton and Joel (Julie) Boone, Appleton; great nieces and great nephews Courtney (Andy) Peterson, Coleton and Caylah Fischer, Emily and Elijah Knaack, Hailey and Cody Boone and his much loved pets, Moses, Heidi, Naomi and Celine.
Dan was preceded in death by his in-laws, Ronald and Gladys Faulks and his younger brother, Robert Melzer.
Note: obituary prepared by Lewin Funeral Home
Daniel K. Melzer passed away unexpectedly in his home in Fremont on Saturday, June 15, 2013. He was 66 years old.
Danny was born in 1946 on Christmas Day in Neenah, Wisconsin, the first-born son of the late Howard and Dorothy (Bauman) Melzer. After graduating from Neenah High School, he served in the US Army from 1966 to 1969.
On December 10, 1983, he married Rhonda Faulks in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the next nine years, they lived on Doty Island in Neenah with their two sons, Cameron and Corey, travelling every weekend to West Bloomfield, to spend time at their "cabin in the woods." They always looked forward to time spent at this peaceful place and in 1992, they built their dream home a short distance away from it and have lived there ever since.
Danny was a steamfitter by trade and retired on August 23, 2003. He was a member of the Local 400 Plumbers and Steamfitters Union, as well as the National Humane Society, the ASPCA, the National Wildlife Foundation, the American Legion Post 33 and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. In his free time, Danny enjoyed hunting, cutting and splitting wood, woodworking, metal fabrication, gardening and taking his nieces and nephews on tractor rides through the woods.
Danny is survived by his wife Rhonda; sons Cameron (special friend, Stephanie) Melzer, Neenah and Corey Melzer, Waupaca; sisters-in-law Sharon (Jerry) Breen, Appleton and Ruth Melzer, Neenah; nieces Jennifer (David) Knaack, Greenfield; Melissa Fischer, Appleton; nephews Mark (Tammy) Boone, Appleton and Joel (Julie) Boone, Appleton; great nieces and great nephews Courtney (Andy) Peterson, Coleton and Caylah Fischer, Emily and Elijah Knaack, Hailey and Cody Boone and his much loved pets, Moses, Heidi, Naomi and Celine.
Dan was preceded in death by his in-laws, Ronald and Gladys Faulks and his younger brother, Robert Melzer.
Note: obituary prepared by Lewin Funeral Home
Danny was born in 1946 on Christmas Day in Neenah, Wisconsin, the first-born son of the late Howard and Dorothy (Bauman) Melzer. After graduating from Neenah High School, he served in the US Army from 1966 to 1969.
On December 10, 1983, he married Rhonda Faulks in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the next nine years, they lived on Doty Island in Neenah with their two sons, Cameron and Corey, travelling every weekend to West Bloomfield, to spend time at their "cabin in the woods." They always looked forward to time spent at this peaceful place and in 1992, they built their dream home a short distance away from it and have lived there ever since.
Danny was a steamfitter by trade and retired on August 23, 2003. He was a member of the Local 400 Plumbers and Steamfitters Union, as well as the National Humane Society, the ASPCA, the National Wildlife Foundation, the American Legion Post 33 and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. In his free time, Danny enjoyed hunting, cutting and splitting wood, woodworking, metal fabrication, gardening and taking his nieces and nephews on tractor rides through the woods.
Danny is survived by his wife Rhonda; sons Cameron (special friend, Stephanie) Melzer, Neenah and Corey Melzer, Waupaca; sisters-in-law Sharon (Jerry) Breen, Appleton and Ruth Melzer, Neenah; nieces Jennifer (David) Knaack, Greenfield; Melissa Fischer, Appleton; nephews Mark (Tammy) Boone, Appleton and Joel (Julie) Boone, Appleton; great nieces and great nephews Courtney (Andy) Peterson, Coleton and Caylah Fischer, Emily and Elijah Knaack, Hailey and Cody Boone and his much loved pets, Moses, Heidi, Naomi and Celine.
Dan was preceded in death by his in-laws, Ronald and Gladys Faulks and his younger brother, Robert Melzer.
Note: obituary prepared by Lewin Funeral Home
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