Daniel W. White passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2024, in Lawton, Oklahoma at the age of 76.

A graveside service will be held on Monday, September 9, 2024, at 1:00 p.m., at Highland Cemetery in Lawton, Oklahoma.

Services are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home.

Daniel was born on September 4, 1947, in Moline, Illinois, to Robert A. White and Sybil J. White (Smith).  He married Marianne D. Mullin on June 26, 1998 in Lawton, Oklahoma.  He was a 1965 graduate of Lawton High School and later served in the U.S. Army.

Daniel was an educator and had worked for the Lawton Public Schools for many years.  He loved square dancing and in 1980 organized "The Queens and Jeans", an extra-curricular group of Carriage Hills Elementary School students which was composed of twenty-four students aged eight to twelve years.  The group participated in the Oklahoma State Square Dance Convention held in Oklahoma City and the 34th annual National Square Dance Convention in Birmingham, Alabama.

He is survived by his wife, of the home; daughter, Deborah Kay; his mother, Sybil J. White; stepsons, Kenneth Kahlden and wife Shannon and Adrian Bell; stepdaughter, Tammie Lincoln; grandchildren, Dylan Kahlden, Preston Kahlden, Alex Lincoln, Aiden Lincoln; sister, Bonnie White; nieces, Priscilla Burnett, Brooklyn DeJesus, Lindsey Ordaz and  Morgan Ordaz; and a great niece, Aria DeJesus.

He was preceded in death by his father, Robert A. White, grandfather, Wallace Cread Smith, and grandmother, Bonnie Lee Smith.