Daniel Maki, 60, Served in Operation Desert Storm and Shield

The following obituary was submitted by Parnick Jennings Funeral Home:

Retired Master Sgt. Daniel Maki, 60, of Cartersville, died on Monday, Dec. 15, 2014 at his residence. Born in Waukegan, Illinois on August 25, 1954, he was the son of the late Alexander Arnold Maki and Eileen Rowe Little.

Maki was retired from the United States Air Force as an aircraft maintenance supervisor. He served in Operations Desert Shield and Storm. He enjoyed participating in the Boy Scouts of America and serving as the Scoutmaster of Troop 54 in Cartersville.

He was also a member of the Eagle Scout Board of Review for the Northwest Georgia Council. For a number of years he was the manager for the Eastern Seaboard Musical Band.

Survivors include his wife, Colleen Maki of Cartersville; his siblings, Sandy Sanders (Johnny) of Rusk, TX, Allan Maki (Susan) of Virginia Beach and Sydney Little of Athens, GA; his children and step-children, Shannon Foster (Bryan) of Virginia Beach, Allison Morris (Lee) of Cartersville, John Maki of Woodstock and Evan Timbs of Cartersville; his grandchild, Garret Foster of Virginia Beach; along with his special longtime “almost family” friends, Mark Myers, Stephanie Fulton and Kenny Schweizer.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, December 18, 2014, in the chapel of Parnick Jennings Funeral Home and Cremation Services with The Reverend Joe Nix officiating.

Interment will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Georgia National Cemetery with full military honors. The family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home.

Flowers will be accepted, but those who wish to make donations, please send to The Boy Scouts of American or The Alzheimer’s Association.

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