Daniel Chadwick

Daniel Dale Chadwick died August 18, 2025. He was 79 years old. Danny was born in Bismarck to Lyle and Emma (Sippert) Chadwick on Easter Sunday, April 21, 1946, three hours after his twin sister, DeLores.

A memorial service will be held 11:00 AM on Friday, September 12, 2025, at Weigel Funeral Home in Mandan. Burial will follow at 12 noon at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery.

He was raised on the farm outside of Flasher, and educated at the Freda and Flasher schools. Danny loved to ride horse and worked hard on the farm with all the daily chores of milking cows, feeding chickens and pigs, and putting up hay and hauling bales alongside his brothers and sister. Danny drove fast, had a lead foot, and wrecked a few vehicles, including his sister’s first car, a Ford Falcon.

Danny was drafted into the military and served in the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1968, when he was honorably discharged. He suffered from malaria, PTSD, and the effects of Agent Orange the remainder of his life.

Danny owned his own over-the-road cattle truck and hauled mostly livestock across the midwest for more than 30 years.

Danny owned many motorcycles of various kinds. His favorite was his Honda Goldwing trike. He rode every day he could, most times 300 miles a day. He put on 30,000 miles a year for the past 19 years. Danny also loved to ride in the Black Hills. He was a neat freak who would clean his motorcycle with a toothbrush. His winter hobby was putting together Legos, and he owned many large Lego sets – many which are now discontinued. There are Legos in every room of his house and garage. He also liked a Bloody Mary with a dash of Tabasco and a good grilled steak. He made chili so spicy hot, few could eat it.

He married Shirley Bonogofsky, and they had two sons, David and Dean. Danny and Shirley later divorced.

Danny is survived by his son, David (Michelle); brothers, Les (Connie), Gary (Joyce), and Larry; sister, DeLores; sisters-in-law, Kathy and Sarah; granddaughters, Megan Kessler (Hayden), Isabell Norton (Hayden), and Taeler Brockman; and great grandchildren Gustav and Eleanor Kessler and Beau Brockman.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his son, Dean; brothers, Wayne, Delbert, and Kenny; infant twin siblings, Raymond and Shirley; brother-in-law, Ron Shimek; and sister-in-law, Sharon Chadwick.