Daniel J. Fleeger, 69, of New Castle died at 10:25 p.m. Wednesday at Jameson Hospital in New Castle.

Born Jan. 16, 1937, in New Castle, he was the son of Daniel Fleeger and the late Edna Josephine Marks Fleeger.

A Navy veteran, Mr. Fleeger was a steelworker, working at Youngstown Sheet and Tube and retiring from the New Castle Foundry.

He enjoyed hunting and fishing.

Mr. Fleeger is survived by his wife, Violet Fajohn Fleeger; his father of Clay Township; a daughter, Joyce Douglas of New Brighton; two sons, Daniel Fleeger Jr., of Maryland and Barry Fleeger, of New Castle; three brothers, Albert, Kenneth and Gary Fleeger, all of Butler; three sisters, Mrs. Donald (Emma Jo) Rumbaugh of Butler, Mrs. John (JoAnn) Beal of Lanham, Md., and Linda Fleeger of Butler; two grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.

<B>Fleeger</B> — Friends of Daniel J. Fleeger, who died Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006, will be received at the <B>William F. Young Funeral Home</B>, 123 W Mian St., West Sunbury, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Funeral services will follow at 8:30 p.m. with the Rev. Matt Kail of the Muddycreek Presbyterian Church officiating.A private burial will be in the Epiphany Cemetery.