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| Name: |
Daniel A. DeLong
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| Date: |
January 23rd, 1959 - March 9th, 2010
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| Visitations: |
3:00PM to 8:00PM on Friday, March 12th, 2010 at Daley Murphy Wisch Chapel (map/driving directions)
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| Services: |
11:00AM at Jefferson Prairie Lutheran Church on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 (map/driving directions)
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| Obituary: |
Daniel A. DeLong, 51, of Clinton, WI, died Tuesday, March 9, 2010 in his home surrounded by his family after a battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease.
He was born January 23, 1959 in Elkhorn, WI, the son of Delmar and Mary Belle Pierce DeLong. Dan was a graduate of Clinton High School. He married Pamela J. Hartley on June 20, 1981 in Jefferson Prairie Lutheran Church, Poplar Grove, IL.
Dan worked for the family business DeLong Company for over 30 years. Throughout the years Dan had the opportunity to be a member of many organizations which include Clinton Booster Club, Beloit Memorial Hospital Foundation board, Turtle Town board, Clinton Village board, American Red Cross, Turtle 4th of July organization, Pelishek-Tiffany Nature Trail Foundation and the Fire Department. He was the past president of Clinton Kiwanis. Dan always participated in softball tournaments and loved to announce high school football games and 4-H Jr. Softball games. He was also a youth basketball coach. He was a lifetime member of Jefferson Prairie Lutheran Church and served on the church council. Dan’s favorite place was to be at the family’s cabin in Peshtigo, WI. He always believed in helping others and his greatest joy came from helping people he did not know, who were unaware that he was the person helping.
Survivor's include his wife, Pam DeLong of Clinton, WI; children, Diane (Isaac) Nevel of Winslow, IL, Kristin DeLong (Evan Farwell) of Sherrard, IL, and Jeremy DeLong of Milwaukee, WI; grandchildren, Hudson Nevel, Duncan Nevel and Harper Farwell; brothers and sister, Robert W. (Sharon) DeLong of Westminster, CO, David (Marcia) DeLong of Janesville, WI, and Deborah (Eugene) Lingen of Beloit, WI; nieces and nephews; special “adopted” grandparents, Raymond and Ethel Olson; sisters and brothers-in-law and many many close friends.
A special thank you Rondi and Amy from hospice.
He was predeceased by his parents and grandparents.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 13, 2010 in Jefferson Prairie Lutheran Church, 23184 Bergan Road, Poplar Grove, IL, with Reverend Thomas Groth and Mike Ligman officiating. Burial will be Mt. Phillips Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday in the Daley Murphy Wisch & Associates Funeral Home and Crematorium 2355 Cranston Road, Beloit, WI.
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| Memorials: |
Memorials may be given in his name to A.L.S. (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Association or HospiceCare Inc.
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| Cemetery: |
Mt. Philip Cemetery
Bradford Township, WI (map/driving directions)
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