Danny Roy Lane
March 23, 1951-May 27, 1999
Danny Roy Lane, Sr., 48, of 642 Clark Street, Niles, Mich., died following a brief illness at 4 a.m. on Thursday, May 27, 1999, in his home.
He was born in Niles on March 23, 1951, to Lavall L. and Dorothy (Luther) Lane, and was a lifetime resident.
Mr. Lane was a maintenance man for 15 years with Creation Windows in Elkhart, Ind. He was also the administrator of Niles Moose Lodge #978.
On Oct. 3, 1970, in Cassopolis, Mich., he married the former Delores Dewey, who survives.
He is also survived by his children, Melinda (Phillip) Spencer, Melissa (John) Kelley and Danny Lane, Jr., all of Niles; stepchildren, Rhonda (John) Leath of Mishawaka, Ind., and Michael (Cathy) Mathews of South Bend, Ind.; 15 grandchildren; a step-great-grandchild; his mother, Dorothy Lane of Niles; siblings, Betty Thomas, Nancy Amundson, Diana Farris, Richard Lane, Kenneth Lane, Terry Lane, Shirley Joanis, Thelma Worl, Patsy Mead, all of Niles, and Susan Horvat of South Bend.
Funeral services for Mr. Lane will be at 10 a.m. today, May 29, in the Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, with The Reverend David D. DeVoll of Coulter's Chapel Church of God officiating. Interment will be at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.
The family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday in the funeral home.
Contributions in memory of Mr. Lane may be made to the American Heart Association.
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