Daniel J. Tourville Jr.

Age 92 of Scandia. Loving Husband, Dad, Grandpa, Great-Grandpa & Brother, passed away peacefully on August 25, 2026.

Preceded in death by parents, Daniel Sr. & Della Tourville; siblings, Thomas Tourville, Joan Garly. Survived by loving wife, Darlene Tourville; children, Deanna Knutson (Jeff Wittig), Darcy Tourville, Daniel Tourville III (Jenny Chestnut), David (Sharlan) Tourville; grandchildren, James Knutson, Jerome Nelson, Cheyenna Tourville, Brittni Biser, Austin Biser; great-grandchildren, Rhiannon, Brycen; siblings, Marlene Houle, Rosie Wetterlind, Jim Tourville, Gloria Annunziatta, Richard Tourville, Fran Tourville; many nieces, nephews, other relatives & friends.

“As a child I survived Polio & lived in an iron lung at the University of Minnesota. I enlisted in the U. S. Air Force in 1952 and became an Air Traffic Controller with duty in Texas, New York, Greenland and Oklahoma and discharged in July of 1956. I was employed by the Federal Aviation Agency in Salina, Kansas and in 1956 I learned to fly and purchased my first airplane. I was later transferred to Missouri and on to Minneapolis in 1958. I married Darlene in 1959 and we purchased the family farm from my parents in Centerville in 1963, where we raised our 4 children. I lost my job with the FAA in 1981 when the Controllers were fired for striking. We then farmed full time and I was employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and salvaged my retirement. We sold the farm to a developer and quit farming in 1997. That year we built a house on 5 acres in Scandia where we still reside today. While in Centerville, we were very involved in the community with the Fire Department, Lions Club, Planning & Zoning and Economic Development… all very educational. In 2005 I was semi-retired being employed by a private contracting firm as an Air Traffic Controller at Anoka Airport in Blaine. I am still an active pilot and built a hanger for our airplane at the Rush City Airport. We’ve enjoyed vacations in Australia, New Mexico, Arizona & California to name a few. Cheers to all … Danny”

Danny’s life will be celebrated with a service at 11 AM Wednesday, September 2^nd with visitation beginning at 10 AM at Roberts Family Funeral Home, Forest Lake. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to the Forest Lake American Legion, Post 225.