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I am just getting the info on Dan's passing.

I remember Dan telling everyone during the gavel
passing that he had MS--it had to be over 17 years
ago...
That's how long he battled this disease.

To know nothing else of the man,
This shows you the strength, character, and toughness
of your Brother.

Being a medic for the past several years, I know how
he lived life with a terrible disease--something I
couldn't fathom at the time he told us.

for example:
The Disease MS,
attacks you as a healthy person,
slowly it takes your ability to stand on your legs,
then it takes the ability to move your legs,
then the ability to control anything to do with your
legs,
followed by a loss of any feeling in your legs....
It's just not the legs, but your arms, your fingers,
etc....

And your Brain is awake, aware, and comprehending
through all of this.

For his life partner that has taken care of him
through this.....
Know that you are in my prayers as well, your love and
strength at his side through this is full of my and my
fellow Bothers grateful thanks.

In looking back:

Dan was a fellow Phi Pledge Brother....

It was almost twenty years ago, when he and I talked
at a Sig Ep party to each other, he told me he was
going to pledge and told me I should pledge as well,
introducing me to Brother Woods.

He was very close with Brother Jannush, his roomate
during our 506 S Poplar days, and one of the four guys
I showed up to that party with.

He had an unforgetful, infectious laugh like Brother
Hummer--when Dan laughed you couldn't help but laugh
as well.

When he smiled, yes life was good at those times.

And I tell you, NO ONE could chug a Beer, let alone
straight pitchers of beer, faster than him--a title he
always  wore proudly--no matter how hard Bluto and
myself tried to take the title away from him at
Gatsby's and T-birds.

He was one of those people who never lost his temper,
nor shown any signs of coming close to it.

He was always one to offer help in any way needed, and
to further show the strength, character, and toughness
in the kind of man he was, I can't recall a time of
him ever asking for any in return.

He was proud to be a Sig Ep,
He was a pledge member who was there when the ranks
were at twenty, he was definitely there to help our
ranks swell to almost a hundred a few years later.

He was a member that all can be proud to call Brother.

God Bless you Dan.
Keep Brother Spencer Watts Company.

And I will see you both when it's my turn to join you
on the other side for a beer at that Golden 506 S.
Poplar in the sky.

Mezpah,

Bip Semioli

 

So we are asking ALL (young and old) of you to send in pictures.   Along with dates so we can better disseminate them.  Send them to muzzillo@siusigep.org

2005 Pictures are here