Daniel was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the youngest of four children and only son. His father owned a grocery store and his mother was a homemaker. At age 17, Beard left high school, lied about his age and joined the Navy, serving in world war II. He spent four years in the service doing maintenance work for naval planes in Hawaii. He earned his business degree at a Texas University. He also,owned an Exxon station and a chemical company while living in Baytown, Texas with his wife and two daughters. When his daughter Rebecca was in Elementary school, her father picked up Christmas trees from public schools at the start of the Christmas vacation and deliver them to poor families. In the early 1970s, after his divorce, Mr. Beard moved to the Denver area to be closer to his daughters. Due to his leg injurys, Mr. Beard turned his hobby of wood refinishing into a business. By this time, he was living with Hardy, a social services manager and mother of four, who became his common-in-law wife. In addition to Hardy and daughters Bridget Beard and Rebecca Bickel, Mr. Beard is survived by stepchildren Don, Richard, and Robert Hardy and Lynn Burgess; a sister, Dorothy Braswell; numerous nieces and nephews.
Mr. Beard donated his body to Science. He was 79 years old.
Mr. Beard donated his body to Science. He was 79 years old.
Daniel was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the youngest of four children and only son. His father owned a grocery store and his mother was a homemaker. At age 17, Beard left high school, lied about his age and joined the Navy, serving in world war II. He spent four years in the service doing maintenance work for naval planes in Hawaii. He earned his business degree at a Texas University. He also,owned an Exxon station and a chemical company while living in Baytown, Texas with his wife and two daughters. When his daughter Rebecca was in Elementary school, her father picked up Christmas trees from public schools at the start of the Christmas vacation and deliver them to poor families. In the early 1970s, after his divorce, Mr. Beard moved to the Denver area to be closer to his daughters. Due to his leg injurys, Mr. Beard turned his hobby of wood refinishing into a business. By this time, he was living with Hardy, a social services manager and mother of four, who became his common-in-law wife. In addition to Hardy and daughters Bridget Beard and Rebecca Bickel, Mr. Beard is survived by stepchildren Don, Richard, and Robert Hardy and Lynn Burgess; a sister, Dorothy Braswell; numerous nieces and nephews.
Mr. Beard donated his body to Science. He was 79 years old.
Mr. Beard donated his body to Science. He was 79 years old.
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