Daniel Paul McCracken, 75, of Indiana, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, at his home.
A son of the late Daniel A. and Virginia (Reese) McCracken, he was born Nov. 21, 1945 in Indiana.
Mr. McCracken was a graduate of Elders Ridge High School. Dan had worked at FMC and was a construction worker on Keystone Dam, but he last worked as a coal miner at Console #84 for 36 years. He was a volunteer fireman and former fire chief with the West Lebanon Fire Department. Dan was also a member of F.O.E. #1468. Dan and his wife had fostered 33 children.
He is survived by his loving wife of 42 years, Shirley (Wilson) McCracken; sons, Daniel J. McCracken and his wife Jessica (McCunn), and Ryan McCracken; daughter, Carolyn Davis and her husband Ed; grandchildren, Natalie McCracken, Brayden McCracken, Andrea Davis, Isabella Davis, Bernado Scott, Blake Davis; a brother, Kevin McCracken; sisters-in-law, Mary Henderson and her boyfriend Jim; Jackie Kinter and her boyfriend Vince; Brenda Breyer and Bonnie McCracken; brothers-in-law, Scott Wilson, David King, James Nupp and his wife Mary; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant son, Daniel Paul McCracken; a sister, Evelyn (McCracken) Nupp; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, James E. and Bernice Wilson; sisters-in-law, Sandra Lee Ford, Deborah A. King, Bonnie L. Reynolds; and a brother-in-law, James E. Wilson.
Friends and family will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Robinson-Lytle-Shoemaker Funeral Home, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. Thomas C. Spiker officiating. Interment will be in Elderton District Cemetery.
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