Daniel Ankrom, 86, of Buffalo Township died peacefully at 12:05 p.m. Friday at Butler Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Born in Mount Oliver Station, now the Brentwood area, March 8, 1920, he was the son of James and Rachel Grable Ankrom.

He attended Sarver Wesleyan Methodist Church in Buffalo Township.

Mr. Ankrom retired in 1982 as a welder at Pullman Standard.

He served in the Navy as a seaman first class during World War II and was stationed aboard the USS Pressley, a destroyer escort, in the Pacific.

He is survived by four daughters, Noreen (Patrick) Real of Evans Mills, N.Y., Arlene Danella Ankrom of Buffalo Township, Marjorie (James) Lambert of Spencer, Okla., and Louave (Hugh) Foster of Collins, N.Y.; two sons, Tim Ankrom and Don Ankrom and his wife, Cheryl, both of Butler; 14 grandchildren; and 12 great grandchildren. A brother, Ted (Mae) Ankrom of Eighty Four also survives.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Audrey Arlene Ross Ankrom, who died in 2001; nine brothers, Hallie, Vernon, Leo, Paul, Raymond, Ralph, Milford, Pierre and Ernest; and five sisters, Hazel Tubio, Slinda Bice, Rachel Varner, Clara Fisher and Virginia Yoder.

<B>ANKROM — </B>Friends of Daniel Ankrom, who died Friday, June 9, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the <B>REDMOND FUNERAL HOME</B>, Freeport. Funeral services will be at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the Rev. William McCreery officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Lawn Haven Burial Estates in Worthington.Memorial contributions may be made to the family in c/o Redmond Funeral Home, 524 High Street, Freeport, PA 16229.