Danny Tindall Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

During our short time here on Earth, the best of us make an effort to leave it a better place than when we entered it. One of the very best men we’ve had the privilege of knowing left us September 16, 2021, but we all take comfort in remembering the ways he made this world a better place for the people who were lucky enough to have known him. Danny Dale Tindall was born on a small farm in Poy Sippi on December 13, 1939. He was the fourth of five children born to John and Lela Tindall. Danny would share stories of what it was like to grow up in rural Wisconsin, instilling how he learned the value of hard work at an early age. He graduated from Berlin High School as a member of the class of 1957. Danny worked in many different positions at the Berlin Foundry for over 40 years until his retirement in 2001. He married Wendy Johnson on October 16, 1976. He loved to give her flowers and make their anniversary special every year. They lived a life together filled with love and laughter for over 44 years. Wendy fulfilled Danny’s final wish, which was to stay at home in his last months. She was a fierce advocate for his needs and a devoted caregiver. He would look for her every time he woke up and you could see his relief knowing she was always by his side. Jody, Lee, Chad, Danni, and Brooke were lucky enough to call him dad. Everyone should get to grow up with the unconditional love and unwavering support of a dad like him. Danny was a gifted storyteller and made up his own versions of classic tales. If you were the one he was telling the story to, you were the smart pig in his rendition of The Three Pigs. If you didn’t come to hear the story, you were most likely the stinky pig and would hear the giggles coming from the other room. He was also known to teach his own songs and limericks to keep the laughter going! When he became a papa, he passed his stories and songs onto a new generation. He would do anything to put smiles on the faces of his grandkids, including times they would ask him to collect acorns and call for the squirrels to come eat them. After he retired, he could be spotted at school helping them build gingerbread houses and chopping vegetables for Stone Soup celebrations. Danny loved decorating for Christmas, going to rummage sales, and sitting by the campfire. He especially enjoyed shaking dice on the special table built for him by his brother in-law, Pat Ruedinger and laughing at the cookouts with him and sister in-law, Bev Ruedinger. He was a sentimental man. Danny kept every Father’s Day and birthday card. He also kept every note his family left him on his desk at work over the years. When moving from the house Danny and Wendy shared for more than 38 years, what had started as a bottom dresser drawer full of cards and letters had grown into boxes of mementos he cherished. Through it all, Danny kept his sweet demeanor and delightful sense of humor. As a 5-time cancer survivor (among other health battles), he saw the inside of hospitals more than anyone should, yet he was always kind to the doctors and nurses who cared for him. In fact, many would consider him a friend after spending time with him. Always trying to put a smile on others’ faces, he would just be coming out of anesthesia and ask his loved ones, “Where’s my present?” with a sly smile on his face to let us know he was going to be okay. Danny knew the heartbreak of losing loved ones, including his son Chad Tindall and daughter Lisa Huenerberg. He is also preceded in death by his parents, John and Lela Tindall, siblings Harold Tindall, Ray Tindall, Helen Hayes, and Ruth Crone, mother and father-in-law Marilyn and Warren Johnson. Oh, Danny Boy, the ways you made this world a better place are far too great to list. Our hearts hurt because you are gone, but we feel so lucky we got to have you in our lives and will forever cherish the memories we made together. Carrying on his memory include his wife, Wendy Tindall, his surviving children, Jody (Gary) Huenerberg, Danielle (Craig) Tindall-Bastian, and Brooke (Matt) Krause, his grandchildren Josh, Jessica, Shane, Shanna, Cain, Logan, Laylah, and Mateyo, many great-grandchildren, his brother, Darrel (Marilynn) Tindall, as well as many brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, and cousins. A Celebration of Life will take place for Danny at the VFW Hall in Berlin on December 12th from 1:00-4:00.

Danny Tindall

December 13, 1939 - September 16, 2021