Daniel Woodhouse

Daniel George Woodhouse, age 95, of Bonita Springs, Florida and a long time resident of Milford, Connecticut, died on Saturday, February 18th at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, Florida. Born in Dartmouth, England on March 20th, 1916, the son of Daniel Joseph Woodhouse and Mary Elsie Craddock, he attended Shebbear College, a boarding school in North Devonshire, graduating at age 16. He had an intuitive understanding of all things mechanical and served in the British Royal Air Force from 1935 till 1945 as a lead flight mechanic with the Fleet Air Arm. He served on the famous aircraft carrier, HMS ArK Royal, in the Mediterranean theatre and on HMS Courageous in the North Atlantic during the Battle of Britain. His last overseas posting was in Trinidad. After the war, he, his wife, Joan (Eouzan) and two young children, Janet and Colin, emigrated to the United States, settling in Milford, Connecticut where he and Joan gave birth to two other children, Susan and David. In 1957, he became an American citizen. Dan Woodhouse worked for nearly 30 years as an aeronautical engineer with Lycoming Engineering, a Division of Avco, (now Textron). While at Avco, he worked on aircraft gas turbine engines till his retirement in 1981. He considered himself truly lucky to have survived the war, to have had the engineering skills attractive to a burgeoning aeronautical industry, and to have had a long and comfortable retirement where being a grandfather and great grandfather gave him much joy. He had a quick, loud laugh and enjoyed having lengthy talks with his grandchildren where no topic was out of bounds. An engineer at heart, he often expressed frustration as to why we humans didn?t simply ?get on with it and fix? the things that didn?t work. One could rarely solve a math problem before he could nor could one beat him at cards. He loved to learn and when he could no longer read due to failing eyesight, he would listen to books on tape every day. He never failed to express his gratitude for the simple acts of kindness and consideration afforded him by others and would shake his head and exclaim, ?that was darn nice of them to do that!? Daniel G. Woodhouse has been predeceased by his wife Joan (Eouzan) and is survived by brother, Michael and (Jennifer) Woodhouse, his children Janet and (Louis) Rodero, Colin and (Latifa) Woodhouse, Susan Woodhouse and David Woodhouse. He is also survived by 10 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. A celebration of his life will be held at 5:00 PM on Saturday, March 24th at the Milford / Ansantawae Masonic Lodge, 59 Broad Street, Milford, where Daniel G. Woodhouse was a Master Mason. All are welcome. Please call 203-874-8365 for details. Funeral arrangements under the direction of Gendron Funeral & Cremation Services Inc., 4224 Cleveland Ave, Suite 1, Fort Myers, Florida 33901 239-274-0088. Online condolences may be made at www.gendronfuneralhome.com.

Daniel Woodhouse

March 20, 1916 - February 18, 2012