Frank "Fritz" Daniel

November 22, 1928 - August 6, 2017

Frank “Fritz” Daniel, 88, a lifelong resident of Dilliner, PA, died Sunday, August 6, 2017, in the Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, WV. Born Nov. 22, 1928 in the Poland Mines community of Dilliner, he was the son of the late Steve and Mary (Przybysz) Daniel. A 1947 graduate of Mapletown High School, he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. Fritz was a coal miner, retired after 44 years from Duquesne Light’s Warwick Mine. He was a member of the V.F.W. Post 6303 in Greensboro, and also the U.M.W.A., Local 6310, where he recently received his pin for 70 years of membership in the Union. Since his childhood, he enjoyed being outdoors, fishing in Dunkard Creek and hunting turkey in the Greene County hills. Surviving is his wife of 62 years, Louise (Hearn) Daniel; two children, Patricia Daniel of Smithfield and Frank M. Daniel and wife Leah (Novak) Daniel of Greensboro; and a sister, Agnes Clark of Tallmadge, Ohio. Also surviving is his granddaughter, Crystal, with whom he had a very special and close bond. She helped her “Grammie” take care of him during his illness, and kept her “PapPap” entertained by putting puzzles together, planting flowers, going for ice cream, and listening to and watching his polka shows. She was his “best buddy”. Deceased are brothers, Steve, Lawrence, and John in infancy; and sisters, Regina Fry, Mary Gilbert, Cecelia Shocket, Veronica Checkosky and Sophia Stoner. Friends will be received in the Richard R. Herod Funeral Home, Point Marion on Tuesday from 2 – 4 and 6 – 8 PM, and Wednesday from noon until the 1:00 PM hour of Funeral Services, with Pastor Kathy Griffith officiating. Interment follows in Monongahela Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, with Military Honors accorded at the graveside by the Point Marion Veterans Posts.