Dan Page, 1960-2013
Born: Brawley California, September 24, 1960
Died: San Luis Obispo, California Wednedsday June 12, 2013
Dan was raised and schooled in San Luis Obispo. He attended Sinsheimer Elementary and San Luis Obispo Junior and Senior High, Class of 1978.
In the early 80’s he followed his childhood friends the Bullock Brothers to Orcas Island Washington where he resided for the next 20 years.
Dan was an avid horticulturist, he grew beautiful flowers and vegetables and knew his trees like the back of his hand.
He was a avid reader and was self taught on a wide range of subjects.
As an adult he traveled extensively through Central and South America and later in Europe.
Dan had been ill about a year and a half and was recently diagnosed with entamoeba histolytica from Amazon River water. Becoming desperately ill he came home to San Luis Obispo to be with his mother where he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer with metastasis to the liver and brain. He lived the next 9 weeks in his boyhood home. In his final weeks he was attended by his friend of 47 years, David Coull. The family was at his bedside in the family living room at 7:30 Wednesday morning when he took his final breaths.
Preceeding Dan in death were his paternal grandparents Tresa and Alanso Page
- His maternal grandparents Frances and Donald Starr
- His father Hubert Eugene Page
Surviving him are his daughter Jasmin Luna Page Sandoval of Trujillo, Peru
- His brother David Starr Page of Eastsound, Washington
- His mother Shirley Ellen Selkirk of San Luis Obispo, California
- His stepfather George Bruce Selkirk of San Luis Obispo, California
- His aunt Eleanor Starr of San Luis Obispo, California
- Many cousins and friends
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Central Coast Hospice without who’s generous care and support Dans passing at home would not have been possible..
Arrangements under the direction of: McDermott- Crockett Mortuary, Santa Barbara
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Daniel visited us twice, here in Holland. Once the weather was extreme hot en once when it was extreme cold, two extremes. He couldn’t imagine how the weather was normally in Holland.
Very sad to hear and also very pity to see this message more than a year after he passed away.
So Dan came, so he left and he was always the traveller. Never stayed longer then a week and when he was there he had a new address on the other side of the world to go to.
We wished we could have a word with the family representative to say we miss him too and to give our condolences.
A really shortcoming to know he’s not here any more, still with the knowledge he believed to live on and in the eternal life gives peace.
We’ll remember him as a spiritual, open-minded and very friendly and caring (considerate) man.
We wish his family all strength to bare this loss,
your sincerely
van den Brandt family
The Netherlands