Dan was the KING of the Filmore block. We was a wonderful neighbor that everyone knew. He took the time to talk with you. He'd stop the car if he was driving by, and we'd do the same as we drove down the alley and saw him putzing in his garage. We learned a lot about the neighborhood from him as he made sure to let everyone know that he grew up in the house he was living in. He was friendly and kind and always had a story that would end in a laugh. He had a great laugh. Not too loud. More like an uncontrollable chuckle... with an added smirky smile. He liked living, and he was no grumpy old man. Nope. 

    We bonded once, when his garage got broken into and someone stole a couple of his bikes. When we heard it had just happened, our whole neighborhood was on alert, and we recovered one of his bikes stashed up the block, in the alley near our house. He was grateful and knew we were on his team. He was on ours too. I think it gave him a little comfort to know that us younger folks were no different than him. He cared and we cared. This was our block.

    We were sad to hear that Dan had moved into a nursing home. We visited him once, and meant to many times. It's hard. We wanted to get a group of us from Fillmore to visit, and just couldn't get everyone's schedules to work out. We should have tried harder. He lit up a bit when we surprised him. We gave no warning, and just tracked him down. The staff where he was staying were very helpful. We chatted and reminisced for a while... until it was time to go.

    Thank you for sharing the photo story from Dan's life. It's nice to see the KING of the block when he was just a boy, then just a man, then just a father, when we've only known him as the KING. Long live the KING. 

FSA
Fillmore Street Association
Dean+Patty

Denise & Family-
My heartfelt condolences go to the entire family. Uncle Dan was my favorite... a great man, and will be dearly missed. He was a huge  influence in a lot of my life decisions and my family & I turned out well. I'll never forget the MST lectures. 🥺 You know he's with Ma & Gran having coffee! You will forever be in my heart Uncle Dan!

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Danny Dennis Davies

October 3, 1945 – December 4, 2023

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