Danny Joe Weldon

© Enid News and Eagle

09-11-2013

Submitted by: Ann Weber

© Enid News and Eagle

ENID, Okla. - Funeral service for Danny Joe Weldon, 72, of Enid, will be 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, with Rev. Wade Burleson officiating. Burial will follow in Enid Cemetery under the direction of Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.

Danny was the first child born to Don H. and Sylvia Weldon on July 4, 1941, in Enid, Okla., and died Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013, in Enid.

He attended Enid Public Schools, Roosevelt, Longfellow and Enid High.

On Feb. 14, 1959, he married his high school sweetheart, Linda Maynard. They made their home in Enid.

Danny started working at age 14 at Pat's Grocery, then Pete Lockner's Redbud and Safeway. In 1966, Danny went to work for the Enid Fire Department, retiring as a lieutenant in 1987.

He was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church.

Danny loved hunting, fishing, golf and was an avid archer. He put on many archery shows for Kiwanis, AMBUCS, schools, churches, Cub and Boy Scouts.

Danny was the third person in Oklahoma to become a professional bow hunter. He was the State of Oklahoma Bow Hunter of the Year in 1980. Danny was a charter member of the Cherokee Strip Archery Club.

He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents, Orpha Kiely, Claude and Fern Weldon.

Danny is survived by his wife, Linda of the home; daughter, Toni Luetjen-Harrell and husband Tim of Bentonville, Ark.; twin sons, Thomas Joe Weldon, Enid, and Toby Lynn Weldon, Littrock, Ark.; four grandchildren, Lyndee Luetjen, Adam Luetjen, Danielle Weldon David and Olivia Weldon; two brothers, Phillip and Dennis Weldon; sister, Donna Kay Hamilton; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Oklahoma Fallen and Living Firefighters or Emmanuel Baptist / Project for Worship Condolences.

Condolences maybe made online at www.andersonburris.com.

(Submitted by family)

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