Smith, Danny Glen, Sr. Death: Friday, January 15, 2021 at the age of 72 Lt. Danny Glen Smith Sr., USN (Ret.), 72, loving husband, father of four children and grandfather to 13 grandchildren passed on to his eternal home during the early morning hours of January 15, 2021, surrounded by his loving family after a long battle with cancer. Danny was born on August 9, 1948 in Portales, NM, the oldest child of Ben William Smith and Francis Jo Short. As a child, he lived in various locations throughout New Mexico as his family moved in support of his father's career in road construction, the family eventually settling in Lubbock, Texas in 1960. After joining the Navy at the young age of 17, he would seek out the thrill of bull riding in the rodeo near NAS Imperial Beach. While stationed in California, Danny would meet the love of his life, Judee Gisele Giguere, at the Enlisted Club and they would be wed just 3 months later on March 24, 1969, in San Diego, CA. His Navy career would lead them from California to Arizona, the Philippines, Texas, Hawaii and Maryland, where together they would raise their four children.