Birth date: Apr 19, 1940 Death date: Jan 17, 2017
Daniel B. Horrigan of Puyallup, WA, died on January 17th, 2017 at the age of 76. He had a short but tough battle with Hodgkins Lymphoma, which he fought to the very end, in his typical stubborn way. Dan was born on 4/19/1940 in Ch Read Obituary
Hey Daddio, look out for Liam for me, love you both, hope to see you guys, together sometime, riding together, in a car or truck, or in a dream or in front of the fair!
Even as a little boy I had your hair on point, dad.
Dad, words can never describe how much I miss you and how lost my life feels without you. I wish I could go back to being five years old again when I got off my preschool bus and flew up the stairs to be greeted by you at the door and you were always smiling when I finally reached you and gave you a big hug. Or even before preschool how you'd put me down to sleep at five or six since you worked graveyard and I'd be up at the crack of dawn waiting to hear you walk up the stairs and I would throw the door open to greet you home. Your smile always brought me the most happiness and warmth in my heart. I remember kids always questioning me if you were my grandpa and the look of confusion on their faces when I told them you were my dad. I remember the frustration on your face when people would say "Is this your grandson?" I remember how much I used to cry about the littlest things and when you'd pretend to cry with me wailing as loud as you could with your big smile I'd instantly stop crying and begin to laugh. I miss laying with you on the couch in our old one bedroom apartment we wouldn't even have the tv on or anything but we would just lay there and I'd have my head against your stomach and I could fall asleep instantly just listening and feeling you breath. I remember when you would snore when we shared a room for awhile and I'd throw my stuffed animals over at you to make you stop. Then you'd throw it right back eventually and before we knew it we were playing catch in the dark. I miss the old country western music you used to play for us when you'd have nights off and we could actually sleep a night together.
You left a permanent scar of yourself in my memories of adolescence and that's my peace of mind I retreat to when I'm having my bad days.
I'm broken I'll never see your smile ever again or hear your laugh from your twisted sense of humor. You always put yourself before us and you would literally go hungry a night to make sure we could eat as much as you wanted us to if that meant you didn't get as much. No matter how bad the financial struggles were and how bad you were facing them yourself you always helped us no matter what even when it meant putting yourself further into debt. You were no doubt the most caring and devoted father anyone could ever have. You taught me everything I needed to know how to be a man and to be a good one. I still remember you wouldn't let me start driving till I knew how to change a tire and drive stick. As much as I feel I am lost without you I know everything you worked so hard to teach me has made it possible to do what I am doing today and how to take care of myself and the others I care about. I'll always be more than blessed to call you my dad and that I was your son. I know wherever you are you can't read this but I hope you know how much those little memories mean so much to me. When I close my eyes and I think about you I'm always five years old racing up those stairs while you stand smiling waiting for me in the doorway. I can't wait to climb those stairs again someday and see you smiling again standing waiting for me.
I love you dad and I miss you every second of everyday.
The Irish blessing from your kitchen you've had for as long as I've known.
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
As I mentioned in my other post, dad loved us and he was a great dad. He actually was much more sentimental than he let on. We binge watched the show "Ugly Betty" together one time about 3 or 4 years ago, and during an emotional scene where someone is being particularly mean to Betty, I could see his eyes watering. ❤️
Another moment that I will never forget us when we were talking about Tommy being all grown up, as dad had been a single dad with him his with life.
At this point, dad was about 70 when he said "I'd kinda like to have another baby. I'm all outta babies".
He loved being a dad. ❤️❤️❤️
earlier when i posted i said i would not be sharing memory i thought wtitten memories so i put up some pics
It's very hard to choose a memory to share, because I was fortunate to spend a lot of time with my dad, and create many memories. The things that I will miss, and find myself missing already are the very normal things, calling him on my lunch break at work (and remembering how he would always prank call my office and say "this is professor Worthington from Harvard" or something of that sort.
Whenever I read a good book, or see a funny movie, he's the first person I think to tell. I don't think that feeling will ever go away.
Dad was such a great dad, in almost effortless way. The thing he did best was that he supported all of us and never, ever gave up on us. He had unrelenting belief in all of us, even if he had some bursts of anger here and there. ;)
The biggest way dad showed his love for all of us kids was by making things easy for us. He provided for us in all the ways he could. Things we could easily do ourselves, he still did, like buy our meals at the Spaghetti Factory, or wash our dishes. (That might also be because he was like the clean guy in the odd couple).
I will miss my dad's dry sense of humor and snarkyness. No one can make me laugh like him; tears streaming down my face, laughter.
I will have to find someone new to update me on pop culture, because somehow even at 76 he seemed to know more about Lady Gaga than I did, and always had a beat on Lindsay Lohan's most recent court cases.
I'll miss everything about my dad. I'll miss him every day. All of my friends have regularly heard my refer to him as my "favorite person in the world".
My best friend. Love you, dad.
Love ya pops
Grandpa Dan was the best grandfather any grandson could ask for I will truely miss him and his Great sense of humor i will charish the time i have spent with him i am deeply sad our time together has came to an end love you grandpa.
DANIEL HORRIGAN WAS the best father and friend any one could ever ask for i cant express how much i am already so tortured by the fact that he is gone and i miss him I AM not going to bother sharing any memories of him because any one who knew him im confident has no shortage of there own to cherish and give them some reprieve from being so sad im not on inTHE mood to sit here and kackle i just seen this and i thought it needed to be noted DEAR DAD YOUR SON LIAM HORRIGAN ISMISSING YOU SO MUCH AND HE LOVES YOU DEARLY AND HE IS SO SORRY YOU GOT SCREWED OUT OF MUCH DESERVED TIME HERE AND AS LONG AS I LIVE IWILL CHERISH EVERY MEMORY I HAVE WITH YOU WITH ALL MY DYING HEART YOUR SON LIAM PATRICK HORRIGAN PS YOUR GRANDSON JACEY N GRAND MARILYN LOVE YOU VERY MUCH TOO THEY CAN RIGHT OWN POST
