DAN WAYNE CLINE PASSED AWAY AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH PARKINSONS. HIS JOURNEY LEAD HIM DOWN A PATH OF CHANGING SEASONS WITH COURAGE AND DIGNITY EVERY DAY. HE LEFT BEHIND A REMARKABLE LEGACY OF SERVICE, COURAGE, INTEGRITY, AND LOVE.  HE WAS A LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER. DAN WAS A NAVY 4 STAR VIET NAM VETERAN, AND A RESPECTED PUBLIC SERVANT.

FOLLOWING HIS MILITARY SERVICE, DAN DEDICATED, MORE THAN 25 YEARS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER AND HOMICIDE DETECTIVE.  THROUGHOUT HIS HIGHLY DECORATED CAREER, HE FACED SOME OF LIFE’S MOST DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES WITH TREMENDOUS COURAGE, COMPASSION, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT. AMONG MANY HONORS, HE RECEIVED THE GOLD METAL FOR VALOR RECOGNIZED FOR CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY AND HEROISM.

AFTER RETIRING FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, DAN BEGAN A SECOND CAREER WITH 4M BUILDING SOLUTIONS.  HIS WORK ALLOWED HIM TO TRAVEL EXTENSIVELY AND BROUGHT COUNTLESS NEW PEOPLE INTO HIS LIFE. BUT HIS GREATEST LEGACY CAN BE FOUND IN THE PEOPLE HE LOVED THE MOST.

DAN LEAVES BEHIND A FAMILY WHO LOVED HIM DEEPLY: HIS WIFE OF NEARLY 59 YEARS, LINDA OF INDEPENDENCE, MO; HIS CHILDREN, DAN II (TRISH) OF LEE’S SUMMIT, JASON (MARGARET) OF KANSAS CITY, KS. SHANE MICHAEL OF CLINTON, MO; GRANDCHILDREN, JOSH AND KARLEE OF LEE’S SUMMIT, MO, AND HIS BROTHER BRIAN OF NEW BRAUNFELDS, TX; AS WELL AS MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS AND LUCY LU, HIS CHERISHED WESTIE.  HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS TINNIE MARIE CROTTY AND WARREN CLINE AND HIS BROTHER CHARLES.

THE FAMILY WANTS TO THANK DAN’S MANY CAREGIVERS, THERAPISTS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, AND THE ENTIRE TEAMS OF VA AND HOSPICE PERSONNEL FOR PROVIDDING EXCELLENT CARE.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 AT THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LOCATED AT 914 NW MAIN STREET IN LEE’S SUMMIT, MO.  FAMILY WILL RECEIVE GUESTS STARTING AT 1PM, WITH A TRIBUTE, INCLUDING MILITARY HONORS AT 1:30 PM.

DAN WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED, FOREVER LOVED AND NEVER FORGOTTEN!