Bruce Jensen Danielson's Obituary
I, BRUCE JENSEN DANIELSON WAS BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN BORN IN THE GREAT STATE OF IOWA TO LOVING LUTHERAN PARENTS STANLEY AND GERTRUDE DANIELSON AND WITH AN UNCLE WHO HAD A SMALL AIRPLANE. AT AGE 9, I FLEW MY FIRST SOLO FLIGHT IN HIS PLANE AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH AIRPLANES. IN LATER YEARS, I WAS DRAFTED AND BECAME A PILOT IN THE AIRFORCE. LATER BACK IN CIVILIAN LIFE, I FLEW FOR SATURN AIRWAYS TRANSPORTING SPECIAL SECURITY GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS AND GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL TO PLACES UNKNOWN TO MOST AND WAS BLESSED TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL THE WORLD OVER AND MEET MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
I WAS THE FIRST AIRLINE PILOT TO BE RE-CERTIFIED AFTER BY-PASS SURGERY AND AT ONE TIME, THE LONGEST LIVING BY-PASS SURGERY PATIENT IN THE USA. IN MY LATER YEARS, I STARTED FIRST STONE® CREDIT COUSELING AND FOR 30 YEARS, I HELPED MANY PEOPLE ESCAPE "ECONOMIC BONDAGE" THROUGH CREDIT REPAIR RESTORATION. I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED BEING THE RADIO HOST OF THE CONSUMER FIGHT-BACK SHOW FOR MANY YEARS IN THE DW AREA INFORMING MY LISTENERS ABOUT THE CREDIT INDUSTRY. .. AND JUST WEEKS AGO, I LAMENTED TO MY WIFE "JD" OF 39 YEARS, "YOU KNOW, 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, I WAS FLYING OVER THE SUEZ-CANAL... AND I MUST SAY I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH A VERY UNIQUE LIFE."
AT AGE 85, BRUCE JENSEN DANIELSON PASSED AWAY TUESDAY, JULY 02, 2024, AT HIS HOME IN PLANO, TEXAS FROM CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. BRUCE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JUDITH "JD" DANIELSON, BROTHER, STANTON DANIELSON AND WIFE DEBORAH OF PLEASANT HILL, IOWA AND BROTHER MICHAEL DANIELSON AND WIFE SHERRY OF RICHLAND, WASHINGTON, NIECE SAMATHA DANIELSON-JONES OF DES MOINES, IOWA, NIECE SABRINA DANIELSON OF DENVER, COLORADO, NEHEW CHRIS DANIELSON OF SAN DIEGO AND NEFHEW NIC DANIELSON OF LOS ANGELES AND STEP-DAUGHTER TERESA "TERRI" HUSTON AND HUSBAND GARY OF FT. WORTH, TEXAS. SISTER-IN-LAW JOAN COLLINS OF PLANO, TEXAS AND SON-IN-LAW STERLING MOTT OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, COUSIN CAROLYN BENDER OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
BRUCE ENJOYED HIS FAMILY OF STEP-GRANDCHILDREN, STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDEN, STEP GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: CHRIS AND WIFE TAMMY, NIC, TABATHA AND HUSBAND SHANE, JOSHUA, NATALIE, SAMUEL, MACKENZIE, BRAYDON, AMELIA, EDWIN, BENJI, RILEY, SOPHIE AND ISIAH.
FUNERAL PLANS FOR BRUCE JENSEN DANIELSON ARE SET FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2024 @ 11:00 AM IN THE SANCTUARY OF MESSIAH LUTHEAN CHURCH, 1801 WEST PLANO PARKWAY, PLAN TEXAS 75075. VETERAN BRUCE JENSEN DANIELSON WILL BE BURIED IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH NATIOAL (MILITARY) CEMETERY LOCATED AT 2000 MOUNTAIN CREEK PARKWAY, DALLAS TEXAS 75211 (BORDERS GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS) AT 1:15 PM THAT AFTERNOON.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, CONSIDER DONATING TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
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