Daniel E. Leary, (72), of Emporia died Tuesday, September 13, at his home north of Emporia.
The funeral service will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, September 17, 2016 at the New Life Christian Church east of Emporia, on old Highway 50. Pastor Brent McCrory will officiate. Burial will be at 1:30 P.M. Saturday in the Alta Vista Cemetery, Alta Vista, Kansas. The family will visit with friends Friday, September 16, 2016 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett from 6:30 PM until 8:00 PM. Donations to either the New Life Christian Church or Hand In Hand Hospice may be sent in care of the funeral home, 605 State St., Emporia, KS 66801.
Daniel Erwin Leary, the son of Daniel J. and Marcia M. Chamberlain Leary was born February 5, 1944 in Anaconda, MT. He graduated from Anaconda High School in 1962. He was in the Air Force from 1964 thru 1968, being honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant. He was a retired photographer and truck driver.
Daniel married Deloris A. “Dee” Haag on August 4, 1967 in Adana Turkey. She survives of the home. Other surviving members of the family include’ a son James Adams of Boston, MA; a daughter, Maria Fischer-Whitman of Emporia; a sister, Sandra M. Peterson of Santee, CA; four grandchildren, Tony Vasquez, Domenica Magana, Xinia (Saulo) Sotelo, Luis Marceleno; fourteen great-grandchildren, Claudia, Elizabeth, and Daniel Vasquez, Anthony, Angela, and Samuel Magana, Reuben, Yazmin, Amelia, Juliana, and Olivia Sotelo, Luis, Jr., Esperanza, and Mireya Marceleno; and a great-great-granddaughter, Isabella.
Daniel was preceded in death by his parents, and two brothers, Duane and Bill.
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