Daniel Bennett MacLeod

Daniel MacLeod

It is with great sadness that the family of Daniel Bennett MacLeod announces his peaceful passing on September 8, 2024. He lived a full life during his 88 years and will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend.

Danny was born in Columbia, MO on November 14, 1935, where he grew up, spending many summers in Quonochontaug, R.I. After graduating from Hickman High School and the University of Missouri he received his teaching certificate from the University of RI and Master's degree from Brown University. He was a much loved teacher at Cranston East High School in Cranston, RI, and St. Luke's School in New Canaan Connecticut. He and his family

spent 7 years in Nova Scotia where he was a guidance counselor at a vocational school in Shelburne, NS. After moving back to Rhode Island, he changed careers. He lived the last 47 years in Charlestown, RI where he spent many years serving on the Chariho school committee, doing plumbing and electrical work and helping to manage the Central Beach water system.

Danny will be remembered for his kindness, his inquisitive and thoughtful nature, capacity for mischief, love of good-natured teasing, his creativity that sparked many creative endeavors, and his knack for connecting with young children.

He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 59 years Judith (Worrell) MacLeod of Charlestown, RI, his three daughters Lucia MacLeod (Dan Phillips) of Kalamazoo, MI, Suzanne MacLeod (Chris) of Sydney, Australia, and Laura Hawkins (Justin) of Westerly, RI, his three granddaughters Sabine, Josie, and Kate, his sister Isabel MacLeod Burggraaff (Win) of Columbia, MO, and the rest of his extended family.

There will be a private family gathering at a later date.