Daniel M. McBride Jr. (Dan) passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at University Medical Center in El Paso, TX. He died peacefully of natural causes. Though living more than 97 years he exited his life courageously and stayed young until the end.
Dan had an adventurist spirit, hitchhiking from Ohio to Colorado and back at 15 years of age, funded by taking odd jobs along the way. The next couple of years he hunted game to help feed his family during the Depression. Dan became an expert marksman, which served him well as a sniper and machine gunner while being a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne during WWII.
After his stint in the Army, he returned home and married the love of his life, Ann. Together they had two children, Danny and Pat and Dan became a father figure to his stepson John. After the untimely death of his wife Ann when Dan was 76, he married Alivia who passed away only weeks ago.
Dan enjoyed life with a passion and lived each day fully making friends and sharing his experiences with those he met.
Dan is survived by his three children, Danny McBride, Pat McBride and John Carr. Dan also had 10 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his 1st wife Annabell “Ann” McBride and 2nd wife Alivia McBride, his father, Daniel M. McBride Sr. and his beloved mother Helen Wharton McBride, and his three siblings Dick, Jim and Don McBride.
Dan will be honored in a Celebration of Life service on Monday, February 28th at 11:30am at Terrazas Funeral Chapels 1 Ft. Bayard Rd, Santa Clara, NM. Concluding service internment will follow at 1pm at Fort Bayard National Cemetery with full military honors.
Arrangements are with Terrazas Funeral Chapels.
Dan had an adventurist spirit, hitchhiking from Ohio to Colorado and back at 15 years of age, funded by taking odd jobs along the way. The next couple of years he hunted game to help feed his family during the Depression. Dan became an expert marksman, which served him well as a sniper and machine gunner while being a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne during WWII.
After his stint in the Army, he returned home and married the love of his life, Ann. Together they had two children, Danny and Pat and Dan became a father figure to his stepson John. After the untimely death of his wife Ann when Dan was 76, he married Alivia who passed away only weeks ago.
Dan enjoyed life with a passion and lived each day fully making friends and sharing his experiences with those he met.
Dan is survived by his three children, Danny McBride, Pat McBride and John Carr. Dan also had 10 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his 1st wife Annabell “Ann” McBride and 2nd wife Alivia McBride, his father, Daniel M. McBride Sr. and his beloved mother Helen Wharton McBride, and his three siblings Dick, Jim and Don McBride.
Dan will be honored in a Celebration of Life service on Monday, February 28th at 11:30am at Terrazas Funeral Chapels 1 Ft. Bayard Rd, Santa Clara, NM. Concluding service internment will follow at 1pm at Fort Bayard National Cemetery with full military honors.
Arrangements are with Terrazas Funeral Chapels.
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