Daniel Curtis Gregory

March 6, 1963 – September 11, 2021

Daniel Curtis Gregory passed away on Sept. 11, 2021, with his loving wife at his side. Daniel was born on March 6, 1963, in Everett, WA, and was the son of Patricia (Weeks) Gregory and Sidney P. Gregory. He is survived by the “love of his life,” Lisa Gregory, of Shelton, WA, his father, Sid Gregory, of El Paso, TX, as well as his children, Curtis Gregory, of St. Joseph, MO, Brianne Heslop, of Moses Lake, WA, Shawna Sloane, of Moses Lake, WA, Brenon Miller, of Shelton, WA, his sisters, Sheryl Cassella, of Moses Lake, WA, Raejean Hastings, of Moses Lake, WA, and brother, Paul Gregory, of Bennett, CO. He is also survived by several grandchildren, Cora Gregory, Wesley Gregory, Joshua Heslop, Lindsay Heslop, Steven and Michael Sloane (twins), Jackson Sloane, Leila Sloane, Conner Miller, Cidiair Miller, Xander Miller and Aurora Miller. He was preceeded in death by his mother, Patricia Wilder, and his brother, Richard Gregory.

Being raised as a child in Everett and Kirkland, his mother’s sister was married to Al Langton and they had three children: David, Cheri and Lyn. The two families were always together, taking trips and spending holidays together. After his father’s divorce, he came to live with his father’s family in Warden, WA, where he graduated from high school in 1981. The month he graduated, he was married to Robin Malcom and joined the Navy, where he served for five years in Pensacola, FL; Iceland; and served on the aicraft carriers, USS Saratoga and USS Nimitz. In high school, he learned to weld at a manufacturing company in Moses Lake, and that was his trade in the Navy.

After being honorably discharged, he moved back to Warden with his young family, for a few years. He later returned to Everett and after a divorcing his first wife, he married his present wife, Lisa Yates, and they have been together ever since. They lived in Kirkland and Moses Lake for short time and eventually moved to their present location on Harstine Island near Shelton, WA, which has beautiful views of Puget Sound and Mount Rainer.

Dan was had a very outgoing personality and always enjoyed get-togethers with his new family after marrying Lisa, and was very close to his daughter, Shawna, and her husband, Riley Sloane They were always visiting each other in Shelton and Moses Lake.

He loved their grandkids and would visit Moses Lake to watch them in sports and just to be around them, which was the same when they visited in Shelton.

His loud laugh was contagious and he had a very outgoing personality, which led to making people laugh with him, and he loved joking around with others.

He and his wife had a couple of businesses in Moses Lake for a while, but after moving to Harstine Island, near Shelton, he became self-employed and worked at different projects in that area. He will always be remembered as someone who deeply cared about his friends and relatives, and even had two friends live with them in their house for years. He was a beacon to many people and they were drawn to him because of his unique personality and sympathetic attitude toward others. Although outspoken on many subjects, he was always objective and waivered little from his beliefs and opinions on current affairs.

He will be missed by all his immediate family, as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins living all over the United States, who he used to be around as a child. He rarely saw them as an adult, except at family reunions, which he thoroughly enjoyed. He always had a big display of fireworks on the Fourth of July, which all family members and friends tremendously enjoyed. During the final few years, he attended to his mother’s needs. She lived nearby until she passed away a few weeks before him.

Any donations should be made to the Cancer Foundation and a memorial will be forthcoming next year on the Fourth of July.