Daniel Lee McAlonan

June 17, 1929 - September 17, 2021

Daniel Lee McAlonan, age 92, of Spring Road in Spruce Pine, the Swiss Pine Lake community, passed away Friday, September 17, 2021 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals in Asheville. Born on June 17, 1929 in Akron, OH, he was the son of the late James and Mary Ellen Haren McAlonan. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters; Rita Samuelson and Rose Mary Frail. Dan was a member of the St. Lucien Catholic Church in Spruce Pine, NC and a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in the Korean War. He was an avid pilot and built a bi wing airplane. He was a member of the Wadsworth Airman’s Association #EAA846. In his spare time he enjoyed hunting. Left to cherish his memory is his wife of sixty-five years; Norma Campbell McAlonan of Spruce Pine; his daughter; Diane McAlonan of Elk Park, NC; his sons; Michael McAlonan and wife, Barbara of Havelock, NC; Sean McAlonan of Chicago, IL; and Daniel McAlonan of Cincinnati, OH; his grandchildren; Erin, Sarah, and Jon; and his great grandchildren; Elvina and Russell. Memorial services will be on Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 11:00 am at the St. Lucien Catholic Church in Spruce Pine with Father Christopher Bond officiating. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial donations be made to either; Ave Maria Food Pantry C/O St. Lucien Catholic Church, 695 Summit Avenue, Spruce Pine, NC 28777 www.stlucienbernadette.org or Mitchell County Animal Rescue, 2492 U.S. 19-E, Spruce Pine, NC 28777 www.mitchellcountyanimalrescue.org Words of comfort may be e-mailed to the family by going to our website; www.webbfh.com, selecting Daniel McAlonan’s name and then you may sign his guestbook. Webb Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements for Mr. McAlonan and is honored to be serving the McAlonan family. Mr. McAlonan’s obituary has also been posted on Facebook for viewing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE MAKE DONATIONS TO: Ave Maria Food Pantry C/O St. Lucien Catholic Church 695 Summit Avenue, Spruce Pine, NC 28777 www.stlucienbernadette.org Mitchell County Animal Rescue 2492 U.S. 19-E, Spruce Pine, NC 28777 www.mitchellcountyanimalrescue.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~