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Daniel Brian “Dan” Mackey

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Daniel Brian “Dan” Mackey

Birth
Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, USA
Death
4 Jul 1971 (aged 22)
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Burial
Gregson, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA Add to Map
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Daniel Brian Mackey, 22, 522 N. Main, died Sunday in a motorcycle accident in Yellowstone National Park, 6 miles west of West Thumb. Daniel was riding on the back of a motorcycle driven by a friend of his when the cycle went off the road, dropped down a 10-foot embankment, and went into some trees. The driver was hospitalized, but officials said they did not know the extent of his injuries.

Daniel was born in Lewiston, Idaho, April 6, 1949. He was educated in Butte schools and graduated from Butte High School in 1967. Mackey was an outstanding football player for Butte High School and was an All-State Defensive Tackle there. He played two years for the Eastern Montana Yellowjackets. He was vice-president of the student legislature at Eastern Montana College in Billings.

Survivors include his mother, Mrs. C.B. Mackey of Butte, brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ben D. Mackey of Butte and a sister, Barbara Mackey, of Ennis.

Wake services will be Tuesday evening at 8 in Duggan Merrill Mortuary. Mass of Resurrection Services will be Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in St. Mary Church by the Revs. James Stanaway and William Molloy. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens with graveside services conducted by Father Molloy.

Pallbearers will be Jim White, Jim Coyne, Dan Harrington, Bill Boble, Bob Travis and Jody LaForest.

Daniel Brian Mackey, 22, 522 N. Main, died Sunday in a motorcycle accident in Yellowstone National Park, 6 miles west of West Thumb. Daniel was riding on the back of a motorcycle driven by a friend of his when the cycle went off the road, dropped down a 10-foot embankment, and went into some trees. The driver was hospitalized, but officials said they did not know the extent of his injuries.

Daniel was born in Lewiston, Idaho, April 6, 1949. He was educated in Butte schools and graduated from Butte High School in 1967. Mackey was an outstanding football player for Butte High School and was an All-State Defensive Tackle there. He played two years for the Eastern Montana Yellowjackets. He was vice-president of the student legislature at Eastern Montana College in Billings.

Survivors include his mother, Mrs. C.B. Mackey of Butte, brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ben D. Mackey of Butte and a sister, Barbara Mackey, of Ennis.

Wake services will be Tuesday evening at 8 in Duggan Merrill Mortuary. Mass of Resurrection Services will be Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in St. Mary Church by the Revs. James Stanaway and William Molloy. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens with graveside services conducted by Father Molloy.

Pallbearers will be Jim White, Jim Coyne, Dan Harrington, Bill Boble, Bob Travis and Jody LaForest.



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