He attended Paseo High School. He graduated from high school in May of 1947 and joined the US Navy in July of 1947 as a hospital medical corpsman. He was stationed in Long Beach. CA Naval hospital for a year and a half after which he was transferred to sea duty and served on the USS Topeka and later the USS Helena. Both of these ships were large cruisers.
Being in the medical corps was one of the many highlights of his life.
He was discharged in 1950 as a WWII veteran. Shortly after his Navy discharge, he attended the University of Kansas City for two years and then transferred to St. Benedict’s college in Atchinson, KS.
David worked for the Social Security Administration until he retired. He was a claims authorizer at the time of his retirement. David was an amazing Father and Grandpa. Surviving David are his daughters Monique Swyer of Savannah, GA and Danielle McMahon of Leawood, KS as well as many beloved cousins. Also surviving David is his beloved grandson, Quinn McMahon, who has been a great source of happiness to David. David laughed his way through life and his motto was “kill them with kindness”. He and his grandson Quinn loved watching the Chiefs together as well as treasure hunting and golfing.
David was also especially fond of his friends with whom he shared coffee and many great conversations with. He had many friends from Saint Michael’s and Holy Spirit Catholic Church. He also had some wonderful friends in the Priesthood. He found his best friend John at Villa Saint Joseph and the two of them had a great time together for the past couple years. He treasured all of his friends and David will be missed deeply by his friends, cousins , daughters and Grandson Quinn.
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