Daniel Vernon Brandt
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Rapid City- Daniel Vernon Brandt, 70, passed away on November 17, 2020. Daniel Vernon Brandt was born in 1950 to Vernon & Bardena Brandt. He grew up in Agar, SD on a farm, where he learned to work hard. He graduated from Agar High School in 1969. While in high school, he played basketball and used to brag that he never took home a book for homework or to study.
After graduation he went to Presentation College in Aberdeen and graduated from the Radiologic Technology program. Following graduation, he joined the Army and spent three years of the Vietnam War in Nuremberg, Germany shooting X-rays on the wounded servicemen that came to Germany for treatment. He worked for a few years at Ft. Meade VAMC following an honorable discharge from his military service.
Realizing that he missed working outside, he attended and graduated from Watertown VoTech in their Carpenter program and let his perfectionist skills come to be displayed in his building talents.
He met his wife, Debra in 1978. They were married September 4, 1979. They had two daughters, Holly and Michelle. After his Construction Company was dissolved, he began working for Collins Siding in Rapid City, SD. Len would always tell him that he was the best siding applicator in the entire United States. He worked for Collins Siding until 2012, when he retired.
Daniel is survived by his wife, Debra, daughters Holly Goodman (Nathan), Michelle Brandt (Sean Jares), grandchildren Carson and Calla Goodman, and Bennett and Nolan Jares, all of Bozeman, MT. His mother, Bardena Brandt, Gettysburg, SD, sister, Janice Badger, Aberdeen, SD, brother, Paul Brandt, Agar, SD, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by an older brother and his father.
Dan had requested no services but visitation at Kirk Funeral Home will be from 11:45 am to 12:45 pm on November 20, 2020. Burial will be at Black Hills National Cemetery with Military Honors following the visitation.