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Fred Q. McDaniel, age 73, of Quinn, died Wednesday evening, April 6, 2005 at the Hans P. Peterson Memorial Hospital in Philip.

Fred Q. McDaniel was born December 4, 1931, on his parents’ ranch north of Philip, the son of Lawrence F. and Virgie Mae (Craig) McDaniel. He grew up on the ranch and attended the Old Trail Rural School prior to graduating from Philip High School in 1949.

As a young man he worked on the family ranch, sheared sheep with his brothers and worked at the Hajek Mobil Station in Philip.

He entered the US Army on January 19, 1951, at Sioux Falls, South Dakota and served with the 511^th Airborne Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division.. He was honorably discharged at Fort Campbell, Kentucky on January 18, 1954. After his discharge he returned to Philip where he worked as a truck driver for Leonard Carr in the Mobil Oil Bulk Agency. In 1955 he purchased the Mobil Bulk Agency.

Fred was united in marriage to Beverly I. McClure on November 11, 1956.

They made their home in Philip where they continued to operate the Mobil Bulk Agency until 1974 when they sold the business. In 1975, Fred and Beverly purchased the McClure Homestead in the Grindstone area northwest of Philip. They have continued to operate the homestead until his death.

Fred was a member of the First Lutheran Church, the Philip Masonic Lodge #153 A.F. & A.M., where he served as Worshipful Master for the year 1963; he was a member of the American Legion Post #173 where he served in various offices. He was elected as Haakon County Commissioner and served for one term.

Survivors include his wife Beverly of Quinn; a son Marvin McDaniel of Casper, Wyoming; three daughters Kerry Wahlquist and her husband Peter of Las Vegas, Nevada, and their children, Sean and Kersey; Kathy McDaniel of Aviano, Italy, and Patricia Hauk and her husband Phillip of Piedmont, South Dakota; a brother Robert McDaniel of San Antonio, Texas; five sisters, Eileen Baye and her husband Alfred of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Evelyn Kjerstad of Wall, Phyllis Hajek of Philip, Barbara Byrne and her husband Larry of Sundance, Wyoming, and Dorothy Fortune and her husband Bud of Cottonwood, South Dakota; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Fred was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Howard, Kenneth, George, Harold and Francis McDaniel; and one sister Gladys Wilson.

Visitation was held Sunday April 10, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Rush Funeral Chapel in Philip.

Funeral services were held 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 11, 2005, at the American Legion Hall in Philip with Pastor Robert L. Henriksen officiating.

Interment with Masonic Rites and Military Honors took place at the Masonic Cemetery in Philip.

A memorial is established.

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