Danny graduated from Elkhart High School in 1961 and the University of Texas at Austin, with a BS in Civil Engineering in 1968. He was employed with the Dow Chemical Company for 25 years. During that time they lived in Freeport, Fairfield and Houston, Texas. After his retirement from Dow, he consulted for AWD Technologies which allowed extensive travel thorughout the United States and Canada.
During their time in Austin, Danny and Paula met Betty and Clarence Nash; along with their Palestine friends, Judy and Dicky Seale, they became the "Vick's Six". The three couples and their children traveled and vacationed together for many years. In the late 90's, they moved to Elkhart to enjoy their retirement. This involved tractor rides with the grandchildren, fish fries, bird watching and genealogy. Danny served on the board of the Slocum Water Company and the Anderson County Historical Society.
Danny is preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived byb his loving wife of 55 years, Paula Trigg and his beloved dog, Dixie; daughters Kathy Shepherd and husband Steven and Judy Vaclavik and husband Joe; sisters, Martha Rogers and Debbie Page and husband Rodney; brother-in-law Mike Bernard and wife Debbie; grandchildren, Riley Vaclavik, Bennett Shepherd and Claire Shepherd as well as numerous extended family.
A memorial service will be in the Rhone Memorial Chapel August tenth at two o'clock in the afternoon. Interment will follow at a later date at Pilgrim Cemetery in Elkhart, Texas.
(www.rhonefuneralhome.com)
Danny graduated from Elkhart High School in 1961 and the University of Texas at Austin, with a BS in Civil Engineering in 1968. He was employed with the Dow Chemical Company for 25 years. During that time they lived in Freeport, Fairfield and Houston, Texas. After his retirement from Dow, he consulted for AWD Technologies which allowed extensive travel thorughout the United States and Canada.
During their time in Austin, Danny and Paula met Betty and Clarence Nash; along with their Palestine friends, Judy and Dicky Seale, they became the "Vick's Six". The three couples and their children traveled and vacationed together for many years. In the late 90's, they moved to Elkhart to enjoy their retirement. This involved tractor rides with the grandchildren, fish fries, bird watching and genealogy. Danny served on the board of the Slocum Water Company and the Anderson County Historical Society.
Danny is preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived byb his loving wife of 55 years, Paula Trigg and his beloved dog, Dixie; daughters Kathy Shepherd and husband Steven and Judy Vaclavik and husband Joe; sisters, Martha Rogers and Debbie Page and husband Rodney; brother-in-law Mike Bernard and wife Debbie; grandchildren, Riley Vaclavik, Bennett Shepherd and Claire Shepherd as well as numerous extended family.
A memorial service will be in the Rhone Memorial Chapel August tenth at two o'clock in the afternoon. Interment will follow at a later date at Pilgrim Cemetery in Elkhart, Texas.
(www.rhonefuneralhome.com)
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