Dan Cole will have a Celebration of Life at Soule Park banquet hall on Saturday 10-14-2023 from 2:00 - 5:00. There will be an opening by his cousin Christine Madruga of La Quinta, California. Most of us know that Danny has no siblings and Christine has honored him with the planning of this event. Her brother has created a short slide show of Danny's life followed by an open mic for anyone who would like to speak about Danny. Refreshments will be served consisting of a Mexican buffet witha choice of beer or wine. Please respond for planning purposes to me at larry@kennedytoday.com by 10-7-2023 if you are able to attend .

The following obit appeared in the Ojai Valley News:

Known by his many friends as “Spanky,” Danny Cole died in his sleep of natural causes Monday, June, 5, 2023, at Community Memorial Hospital Ojai, one day after his 77th birthday. He was born June 4, 1946, in Port Hueneme, California.

His love for sports began in Little League and continued through high school, where he graduated from Nordhoff High School in 1964. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in February 1965, serving as electronics tech instructor, until his honorable discharge in May 1970. He then began a long career with Pacific Bell until his retirement.

In addition to being a financial supporter of Ranger sports for years, he served on the Ojai Parks and Recreation Commission during the 1970s. His passion for music, golf, softball, bowling, the Dodgers, and USC football continued throughout his life.

A longtime member and treasurer of the Soule Park Men’s Golf Club, he posted three holes-in-one and a double eagle along with other athletic achievements.

Danny Cole was an organizer. As a power drummer, he was the driving force behind Ojai’s ’60s rock band, The Raiders, which reunited in 2007 to play at Nordhoff’s 40th reunion at Soule Park. He also played in another Ojai group, West Coast, in the ’70s and early ’80s.

He cofounded the Ojai Labor Day softball tournament with friend Jim Coultas, and the legendary Shake ’n’ Bake golf tournament in Palm Springs, California.

He took immense pride in refurbishing his childhood Grand Avenue home, to which he returned in 2005.

He was preceded in death by his father, James; mother, Mary; and stepfather, Harry Leon; and survived by cousins Christine Madruga of La Quinta, California, and Michael Waugh of Cypress, California; and his beloved cat, Boots.

I hope to see you at the celebration,