Funeral Mass for Daniel Patrick Dell, age 52, of Watertown, SD will be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Immaculate Conception Church, Watertown, SD.  Fr. Joseph Forcelle will officiate.  Music will be provided by Danielle Holida, organist, with the Immaculate Conception Choir.  Daniel passed away on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at a local hospital.

     Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Watertown, SD.  Honorary pallbearers will be employees from Angus-Palm.  Active pallbearers will be:  Rodney Artz, Matthew Artz, Henry Artz, Mike Jung, Don Hanes, Ray Hjermstad, Greg Peterson, and Matt Jung.

     Visitation will be at Crawford Funeral Chapel, Watertown, SD on Friday starting at 4:00 p.m. with a Scripture Wake Service at 7:00 p.m.   Visitation will continue at the church on Saturday prior to the services.  The family is requested to meet at the church on Saturday by 9:30 a.m. to attend the service. 

     Daniel Patrick Marquette was born on March 19, 1958 in Aberdeen, SD to Edwin and Margaret (Jung) Marquette.  He was adopted by his step-father, Leslie Dell, at an early age.  He attended schools in Aberdeen until 1971, at which time the family moved to a farm near Conde, SD.  He graduated from Conde High School in 1977, where he was active in football.  Following graduation, he moved to Kansas, and later to Oklahoma working as a truck driver and as a combiner.

     In 1990, Daniel moved to Watertown, SD where he was employed at Arrow Truck Lines.  He married Barbara J. Heim on November 14, 1992, in Watertown.  In 1994, he began working at Angus-Palm Industries.  At Angus-Palm he was a welder and a fork-lift operator.  He also served on numerous employee committees.

     Daniel was a member of Immaculate Conception Church.  He also was a member of the National Rifle Association.  He enjoyed pheasant and deer hunting, camping, socializing with friends and family, and his dogs, Bo and Daisey.

     He is survived by his wife, Barbara, of Watertown; two sons:  Brandon Heim and Phillip Dell both of Watertown; his parents, Leslie and Margaret Dell of Aberdeen, SD; two brothers:  Mike (Sharon) Dell of Rapid City, SD and Jim (Cindy) Dell of Faribault, MN; and three sisters:  Barb (Greg) Johnson of Oro Valley, AZ, Teresa Marquette of Huron, SD, and Caroline “Susie” Dell of Aberdeen, SD.

     Daniel was preceded in death by one sister, Lenora Marquette; one brother, Lawrence Marquette; maternal grandparents, Philip and Barbara (Lacher) Jung, paternal grandparents, Melvin and Ruth (Murray) Dell; and parents-in-law, Vernon and Agnes (Lavery) Heim.