Dan Huss

I really, really miss my dad.

Dan....November 15, 2007....seems like yesterday but the calendar says March 10, 2008....almost 4 months already....116 days....no smirky smile, no curly white hair, no fuzzy white face, no Dan....the epitome of a GREAT HOST, always watching to see what you needed and then getting it for you....not a perfect man, but a REALLY GREAT FRIEND!!! I'm sure there is a man with curly white hair, a white fuzzy beard and a smirky smile standing on the other side of the Pearly Gates, waiting to see if...

Dear Mar
I was so sad when I received word that Dan had died so suddenly. My friendship with you and Dan goes all the way back to Indiana Institute of Technology in April of 1966. Seems like a hundred years ago. You have both been two of my favorite people for as long as I have known you.
It's interesting that so many people mention Dan's laughter, because it's one of the things I remember too. Dan's sudden passing has made me realize that we simply MUST find time to get together...

Dear Dear Dan,

We miss you so very, very much! Remember when we sat in each other's kitchen and talked for HOURS!! I loved your little giggle. We were just saying the other night how we miss our "euchre night" with you. And Las Vegas! How I wish we went again! Why did we put it off??? Had we kown we would have gone five more times. And Shipshewana, we never did make it back there. All the things we did together will always be cherished memories. Memories that were cut too...

THANX FOR TURNING ME ON TO THE SUDOKU PUZZLES, DAN, WHEN YOU AND MAR WOULD STAY WITH US IN FLORIDA. I REALLY ENJOY THEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY FRUSTRATE ME, BECAUSE I'M NOT THE MASTER OF SODOKU THAT YOU ARE. BUT I'M GOING TO KEEP TRYING. ONE DAY WHEN I MASTER THE 5 STAR PUZZLES, AS YOU ROUTINELY DID, I WILL FEEL THAT I HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED. I ALWAYS THINK OF YOU WHEN I DO A PUZZLE. YOUR FRIEND AND "BROTHER-IN-LAW." ARTIE

Mar, Travis, Tisha, TJ, Jacob, Kaleigh, Brianna, Cole and Kyle...

...You were so blessed to have this wonderful man in your lives. He truly enriched mine. He spread joy, that's what he did!!!

My heart is overflowing with love for each of you, and wish I could comfort you more. He was a brother, in every sense of the word, and the friendship we shared was a "once in a lifetime" experience I will cherish forever. Dan was always there for me, as he was for so many others. ...

Dear Mar and family,

I know I have waited a long time to sign this guest book, but I really couldn't accept the truth of Dan's passing. It seems so impossible. But then we know, this truth is real. All too real and raw.

Mar,as we have discussed, there are no words to describe your loss, but we hope you know how much Dan meant to us and the memories we will treasure forever. There are so many of them.

We can still see Dan's smile, hear his giggle and feel his embrace as...

Uncle Dan... where do I even start? I am sitting here looking at your guestbook and realizing that you are really gone. We all miss you terribly and holidays will never be the same without your constant smile and adorable chuckle. I have always loved you so and you have no idea how much you touched me by attending my college graduation this time last year. I find myself continuously saying "It can't be true, It can't be real." Writing this to you makes me realize it is true. I was always so...

Mar & Family,
Judy & I were deeply saddened by your loss. My memories of Dan were of such a giving person. Judy remember the good time we all had together at the Puckett's in Cinci.
Our hearts are with you all.
love,
Judy & Rolly