Dan Nowlin
Sept. 9, 1933 – Dec. 14, 2025
Dan Howard Nowlin, 92, of Sweet Home passed away Dec. 14, 2025.
He was born Sept. 9, 1933 in Portland to Alice (Marvin) and John H. Nowlin.
He joined the Army in 1952. He became a stenographer and took dictation in the Army. Dan attended Oregon Western University in Monmouth, where he earned his bachelor’s degree and met his sweetheart, Ardonna “Donie”: Elligsen. They were married on May 13, 1953.
In 1954, Dan became a sixth-grade teacher at Foster Elementary School in Sweet Home. After a year he left and went back into the Army. The Nowlins returned to Sweet Home in 1957. Dan taught a total of 32 years at Foster.
Dan enjoyed baseball; he was a catcher and played first base on a local team in his 60s. He played chess on chess.com for years with the best of them. He was a fan of the Boston Red Sox and the Portland Trail Blazers. He was an Oregon Beaver fan all the way.
Dan enjoyed hiking and fishing with his good friend Jim Riggs at a place by the river called Park Creek. In his younger years he liked to golf.
He also enjoyed traveling the United States and Canada with his wife and family. Later in life Dan earned his master’s degree at OSU in Corvallis.
He liked World War II and biography movies, and English literature. His favorite music was ABBA, and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. He loved classical orchestra-style music, especially Mozart, Beethoven and Bach. He also enjoyed swing band music.
Dan is survived by daughter Nancy Louise Nowlin; son Dan Howard Nowlin Jr.; five grandchildren; and special friends and caretakers Janice and Donald Schatz.
He was preceded in death by his wife Ardonnah (2017).
There will not be any funeral services, per his wishes.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.