Daniel Grady Curlee “Danny” (61) of Santa Fe, Texas passed away on Monday, September 16, 2024. He was born on January 18, 1963 to Shirley Wright and Bubba Curlee. Danny lived in Santa Fe for most of his life. It was the place he called home. He loved fishing, his gigantic vegetable gardens and fruit trees, reading his paperback books, cooking and canning up new recipes, and spending time with his fox terrier “Teah”. He was a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. Most of all he loved his family with everything he had.

Danny is preceded in death by his son Mason Daniel Curlee. He is survived by his daughters, Danielle Curlee and husband Randy, Gabrielle Curlee and husband Garrett and Destinie Rodriguez and husband Jacob; six grandchildren, Raedynn Herrin, Macy Jones, Gavin Jones, Addison Jones, Hayden Adkins, and Kennedy Adkins; the mother of his children Jennifer Gehret, the mother of his step children Glorene Curlee, his mother Shirley Alvarado, father Bubba Curlee, father Fred Hatcher, sister Dana Bilbrey & husband Marty, brother Frederick Hatcher, sister Cheryl Ann Finley, and many other dear friends and family as well as his beloved dog Teah and the only cat he ever liked, “Bubba”.

Visitation will be held on Monday, September 23, 2024 from 10:00am – 11:00am with a funeral service beginning at 11:00am at the James Crowder Funeral Home in La Marque. Interment is to follow at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock. In lieu of flowers the family asks that you consider either a potted tree or plant that can be planted in his yard in his memory. He loved his plants.