Dan Hjalmarson

1960 - 2018

Dan Hjalmarson of Aztec, New Mexico passed from this life on June 17, 2018 at the age of 57. Dan was born in Phoenix, Arizona on September 21, 1960 to Hjalmar (Win) and Patricia Hjalmarson. Dan was preceded in death by his mother, Patricia and his nephew Ryan Kittredge. Dan is survived by his loving family, wife of 30 years Beth, children Garth, Kelsey, and Mike, father Hjalmar, sister Mary Kittredge (Patrick), and brother Joel (Yuka), as well as many in-laws, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. He was a proud graduate of Northern Arizona University and worked 9 years with Allied Signal in Tempe and 23 years with the Williams Companies in Washington and New Mexico as a Controls Technician. He was forever a 70’s guy. He loved classic rock, Neil Young and Tom Petty in particular. He liked working on and driving seventies era cars. Dan rode dirt bikes and enjoyed being out in the desert or up in the mountains. He enjoyed a sly prank and a good-natured ribbing. Dan was very self-sufficient. He could fix just about anything. If he couldn’t do it “correctly”, he certainly could “Norwegian it”. He was a quiet man, with a great sense of humor. Dan was a man cut from a different cloth whom we loved and admired for his individualism, his loyalty, his strength, and his unique way of looking at things. Dan’s greatest desire was to retire in Tempe to be closer to relatives. Dan will be missed. May he rest in peace.  Services will be held at the Church of the Resurrection, 3201 S. Evergreen Rd., Tempe, Arizona 85282, Friday, June 29, 2018 at 10:00 in the morning. Burial will follow at Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in Mesa. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to Childhaven of Farmington, New Mexico, the Wounded Warrior Project or your favorite charity.  Arrangements entrusted to Tempe Mortuary.