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D. Max Daniels
Daniel Max Daniels, 78, died from a heart attack on Sunday, Aug. 21, 1994, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Max was born at Malad City, Idaho on March 23, 1916, to Daniel Owens and Ann Price Daniels. Max was reared on the family farm in Malad. After graduating from the University of Idaho in 1940 he worked for the United States Department of Agriculture at Montpelier, Idaho.
He was drafted into the Army in 1941, and served honorably with the 99th Infantry Division during World Ward II. Upon release from the Army he worked for the Farm Security Administration, then returned to Malad, where he farmed until 1950.
Max married Mae Marie Millward Tripp March 10, 1949, in Ogden, Utah. He worked for the U.S. Soil Conservation Service in Malad, and was transferred to Idaho Falls in 1950. Max was later transferred to Boise, where he was promoted to the position of assistant state soil scientist. He retired in March 1984 after completing 40 years of government service.
During his retirement years Max enjoyed gardening, photography, reading and traveling with Marie.
On June 20, 1993, Max suffered the loss of his best friend and wife, Mae Marie. Recently he moved to Salt Lake City to the home of Sondra and Brent Miller, to be closer to his family. He enjoyed the extra time he was able to spend with his children and grandchildren before his sudden death.
He is survived by his four children, Maxilyn Nicholson and Karl, Sondra Miller and Brent, Salt lake City, Utah, Dana Winward and Rulon, Preston, Idaho, and Craig M. Daniels and Barbara, Centerville, Utah; 18 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Trilva Jones and Ray, Ogden, Utah, and Ruth Hess and Lyle, Malad, Idaho. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marie, and two grandsons.
Services will be held Thursday, August 25, at noon in the Malad LDS First Ward Chapel, 308 W. 400 N. A viewing will be held from 10:30 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. at the First Ward prior to the services. Interment will be at the Malad City Cemetery, with military rites by the Malad American Legion Post No. 65. Arrangements are by Benson-Horsley Funeral Home, Malad.
