REVEREND DANNY L EITEL
ON JANUARY 2, 2022 REVEREND DANNY L EITEL OF WAVERLY, OHIO LEFT THIS LIFE TO CELEBRATE ETERNITY WITH HIS LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. DANNY WAS BORN ON APRIL 9, 1943 TO THE LATE DAN L EITEL AND FREDA FURNISS ORIHOOD. HE IS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GENE “POP” ORIHOOD AND HIS GRANDPARENTS SHERMAN AND MAE FURNISS. ON MAY 22, 1989 HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JENNIFER LEGG EITEL WHO SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE TWO CHILDREN TADD (KATIE) BRANUM OF GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS AND JESSICA (TONY) SPAGNOLETTI OF COLUMBUS. FOUR GRANDCHILDREN MACK BRANUM, MAURA BRANUM, WALTER DONAHUE AND BENJAMIN DONAHUE, FIVE BROTHERS AND A SISTER, LARRY EITEL, ROBERT EITEL, JEFF (JANET) EITEL, KEITH EITEL, RANDY (JACKIE) EITEL, AND SHEILA (DREXEL) POLING AS WELL AS MANY NEICES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND JENNIFER’S SISTERS AND BROTHER-IN-LAW WHO CONSIDERED HIM A BROTHER.
DANNY WAS A GRADUATE OF CLARKSBURG HIGHSCHOOL CLASS OF 1961. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RESERVES. HE SERVED 32 YEARS WITH THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS A PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST FOR THE VETERAN’S ADMINISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. AFTER RETIREMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT, HE BECAME AN ORDAINED MINISTER AND WAS PASTOR OF HOLY TRINITY CHURCH WAVERLY. DANNY ENJOYED WORSHIPING THE LORD, MUSIC, GOLF, THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES, HIS PRECIOUS DALLAS COWBOYS, HORSES AND HORSE RACING, AND HE LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND MANY, MANY FRIENDS WHOM HE LOVED.
THE FAMILY EXTENDS HEARTFELT THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO NATIONAL CHURCH RESIDENCES HOSPICE AT BRISTOL VILLAGE FOR THE LOVING AND PROFESSIONAL CARE THEY GAVE DANNY DURING HIS ILLNESS. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO NCR HOSPICE AT 681 EAST 3RD STREET WAVERLY, OHIO, IN DANNY’S HONOR. FRIENDS MAY CALL FROM 11:00 TO 1:00 AT BOTKIN HORNBACK FUNERAL HOME ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 5. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL FOLLOW AT 1:00. MASKS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND. BURIAL WILL BE AT THE CONVENIENCE OF THE FAMILY.
