Daniel Richard Gorden

School in Covina, CA, Citrus Junior College in Glendora, CA, and Cal State

Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Danny is survived by his wife, Michelle; children Cadence and Carter; stepchildren Hope, Drew, and Cody;

siblings Michelle, Jason, Jamie, Kathleen, and Kimberly;

and his parents Rick and Judy Gorden, and Bill and Marcia Norsworthy.

Danny’s hobbies were biking, running,skate boarding,snowboarding and just

about anything outdoors. Danny successfully walked the 39-mile, 2 day

“Avon Walk for Breast Cancer” with his sister Kathleen back in 2013 and 2016

in Santa Barbara. Danny road the “100-mile America’s Most Beautiful Bike

Ride” around Lake Tahoe with his cousin Jonathon in 2010 and multiple other 100-mile centuries.

He tried just about everything, from early endeavors like landscaping, working in a high-

speed automation manufacturing plant to settling down to teach at Diamond Bar High School.

His passion for the drums has always prevailed. In his early years, he got to

play the drums on one song at a Junior High School concert. Danny joined

the marching band at Charter Oak High School, where he played the

saxophone for 4 years. Then onto Citrus College to play percussion

throughout his tenure. Danny then went on to play with various Choir Groups

and bands. Danny was always available to jump in when needed when it

came to performing.

His final passion was his lighting business called Glo-Lighting which specializes

in holiday and special event lighting. He grew the business with just starting

out with only 30 plus houses, to a staggering 130 plus houses this past holiday

season.

His children, Cadence and Carter were gifts from God. He made sure to be a

part of their lives as often as he could. Danny was a true believer and a

follower of Jesus Christ and, we as a family believe, he is now at peace with

the Father.