PEORIA, Ill. -- The funeral arrangments for Bradley University soccer player Danny Dahlquist, who passed away early Sunday morning, have been announced by Wright & Salmon Morturary.
A Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mark's Church, adjacent to the Bradley University campus, with Rev. Charles Klamut officiating. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday at the church with an additional visitation to begin one hour prior to the mass at church. A reception in the Michel Student Center on the Bradley University campus will follow the mass. Cremation rites will be accorded and private burial of ashes will be in St. Mary's Cemetary in West Peoria at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, the Dahlquist Family has requested donations to be made to the Bradley University or Peoria Notre Dame High School soccer teams or to St. Mark's School. Donations to the Bradley Soccer program should be addressed to the Danny Dahlquist Memorial Fund.
OBITUARY AS PUBLISHED BY WRIGHT & SALMON MORTUARY
Sheridan “Danny” Carew Dahlquist (December 30, 1987-August 12, 2007)
PEORIA-Sheridan “Danny” Carew Dahlquist, 19 of 1015 N. Maplewood, in Peoria, passed away at 5:09 a.m. on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center Emergency Room.
Born on December 30, 1987 in Peoria to Craig and Patricia “Tricia” Carew Dahlquist.
Surviving are his parents, grandmothers, Mary Carew of Wilmette, IL and Lois Dahlquist of Joliet; two brothers, Martin and Michael Dahlquist; four sisters, Carey, Molly, Amanda and Ellen Dahlquist all at home; and numerous aunts and uncles. He was preceded in death by two grandfathers.
Danny was a sophomore at Bradley University and living his dream. He was where he wanted to be, being a Bradley Soccer Player. He worked hard on the field as well as in the classroom. He was an Honor Roll Student at Peoria Notre Dame and Bradley. He earned the Father Fitzgerald Scholarship from St. Mark's. He was a member of the Sporting Futbol Soccer Club and Central Illinois Soccer Academy.
Danny was loved by his family and friends. He was the oldest of seven children and was a role model for them. His aunts, uncles and grandmothers were a large part of his upbringing.
