Daniel T. McFarland, 84, who managed the professional boxing career of one of his sons, died of degenerative muscle disease Wednesday at home in West Philadelphia.

Mr. McFarland was born and raised in McBee, S.C. He married Inez Peterson in 1939. The couple moved to West Philadelphia, where he took a job with the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression. They stayed there, raising 11 children.

After the CCC, Mr. McFarland worked in a factory and with the Philadelphia Transit Co. in the 1940s. He took welding job in the 1950s at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. He also worked as a boxing trainer with the Philadelphia Crime Prevention Association at the West Philadelphia Boys Club until the late 1960s.

While at the Boys Club, Mr. McFarland took up amateur boxing and began managing his son Marvin "Candy" McFarland's professional career. Marvin McFarland won 22 professional fights, including a victory against world welterweight champ Don Jordan in 1960 in a nontitle fight in Baltimore.

Mr. McFarland left the shipyard in the late 1960s after undergoing lung surgery for asbestos poisoning, his daughter Carolyn Tart said.

He loved to hunt. "When Dad shot a deer, he shared the meat with our neighbors," his daughter said.

Mr. McFarland is also survived by two other daughters, Theresa King and Glenice Thomas; sons Marvin, Calvin, Edward, Lawrence, Don and Quinn; 38 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. His wife and two sons are deceased.

Friends may visit at 9 a.m. Thursday at International City Community Church, 6301 Elmwood Ave. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Burial will be in White Chapel Gardens in Feasterville.
Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) - Tuesday, January 27, 2004