Individual 1: Daniel Warren Hancock

Individual Record 1

Name} Hancock, Daniel Warren (Dan)

Family History} Hancock

Title}

Race} White

Sex} Male

Birth: Date} Exa 20 Oct 1939

Place} Victory Hospital, Napa, Napa, California

Marr. 1: Date} Exa 17 Jun 1961

Place} Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California

Marr. 2: Date} Exa 9 May 1981

Place} Crocket's home, Garden Grove, Orange, California

Death: Date} Exa 19 May 2021

Place} At home, Auburn, Placer, California

Burial: Date} Exa 4 Jun 2021

Place} New Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Placer, California

Grave Marker} Yes

Source 1}	1 = Birth certif
Source 2}	3 = Resumè
Source 3}	4 = Baby book
Source 4}	85 = Family hstry
Source 5}	1587 = 1940 USA cen
Source 6}	1586 = 1950 USA cen
Source 7}	1652 = School rec
Source 8}	1870 = Newspaper
Source 9}	1619 = License
Source 10}	1871 = Newspaper
Source 11}	1872 = Newspaper
Source 12}	76 = Address book
Source 13}	328 = Marriage rec
Source 14}	1873 = Newspaper

Parents: } Warren Samuel Hancock (Bud) & Viola Clide Williams
Relationship No.} 3

1st Household No.} 1 = 2425 Second Street, Napa, California

Occupation 1} Information Security Officer
Occupation 2} Computer System Designer
Occupation 3} Reliability Engineer

Religion/Church} Methodist

Spouses: First} Kingsbury, Diana Jeannette
Second} Olson, Karen Louise
Total Number of} 2

Source 15} 1874 = Newspaper
Source 16} 1653 = Archct plan
Source 17} 1875 = Magazine
Source 18} 1589 = Magazine
Source 19} 1004 = Divorce rec
Source 20}   680 = Marriage rec
Source 21}   316 = Obituary
Source 22}   419 = Obituary
Source 23}   415 = Address book
Source 24} 1372 = Ancest.File

Source 25} 294 = Eulogy
Source 26} 1578 = Newspaper
Source 27} 1579 = Death certif
Source 28} 1588 = Cemetery rec
Source 29} 1580 = Obituary
Source 30} 1581 = Family hstry
Source 31} 1582 = Memorabilia
Source 32} 1583 = Memorabilia
Source 33} 1584 = Yearbooks
Source 34} 1585 = Memorabilia

Source 35} 1590 = Certificates
Source 36} 1591 = Patent
Source 37} 1592 = Resumè
Source 38} 1608 = Medical rec
Source 39} 1593 = Transcript
Source 40} 1594 = Public rec
Source 41} 1595 = Marriage rec
Source 42} 1635 = Travel record

Notes: Daniel Warren Hancock, known as Dan, was born 20 Oct 1939, at 1:20 p.m., in the Victory Hospital, Napa, Napa, California. His parents were Warren Samuel Hancock and Viola Clide Williams. His Birth Certificate lists his parents living at 2425 Second Street the residence of Dan's paternal grandparents, Wilfred and Nora Hancock. After Dan's birth, his parents moved into their own home at 1206 Banks Avenue (Alta Heights).

In the 1940 USA census, Dan, 5 months old, was living with his parents at the Banks Avenue home. His parents owned the home, valued at $4,000. His father was a salesman for a wholesale oil company. His parents divorced in 1941, and he and his father went to live with his paternal grandparents. His mother was given the Banks Avenue home.

As a young child, Dan had birthday parties where his mother invited her friends and their young children. In 1940, he won second prize in the six months to one year Napa County Fair baby show. He was taken on many trips with his grandparents along. These included Dillion Beach, CA in 1941 and 1942; Seattle, WA, and Portland, OR in 1942; Sacramento, CA in 1942; and San Francisco Bay and river cruises on his Grandfather William's boat starting in 1943.

In the 1950 USA census, Dan, age 10, was living with his father and his grandparents, Wilfred and Nora Hancock, at 827 Church Street, Napa. His father was a fruit packer, and his grandfather was a ship electrician.

Dan entered Kindergarden in September 1944 at Lincoln Elementary School, Napa. In September 1949, he attended Intermediate School; in 1951, Napa Union High School; in 1954, Ridgeview High School, Napa; in 1955, Napa College, which was actually his high school years. He graduated with his High School Diploma on 14 Jun 1957. He consistently made the honor roll, and became a member of the National Junior Honor Society.

Dan's father was an avid shortwave radio listener (SWL). In the mid-1950s he helped Dan set up antennas and an amateur radio station. Dan earned his FCC radio license K6GAA, and communicated with other hams (mostly on 40 meters via 25-WPM CW (Morse) code). He also was interested in robotics, and built a line of simple robots. His large robot, about 5 feet tall, is currently with one of his cousins.

A fourth-generation native of Napa, California, Dan began formal family history research as a teenager. He interviewed his parents, all of his grandparents, and aunts and uncles, taking notes on 5x7" index cards.

In high school, Dan was a member of, or was active in, the Amateur Radio Club, Mellonta Tauta, Club International, the Science Fiction Club, the Science Club, the National Junior Honor Society, the Napa Valley Amateur Radio Club, and the American Radio Relay League.He served as the stage manager for his 10th grade English class production of "Julius Caesar".

In the summer of June 1956, Dan and 22 other Napa students took a ten week European tour under the direction of Dr. Leo Trepp, who taught Western civilization at the college. At the University of Mainz, Mainz, German Federal Republic, they took a class in Western Civilization from the German point of view. In all they visited Austria, Belgium, England, France, the German Federal Republic, Holland, Italy, Monaco, Norway, the Vatican, San Marino, Sweden, and Switzerland. Along the way, they touched down in Laborador, Newfoundland, and Iceland.

On the European tour, Dan took 8mm color movies of their travels. Upon his return, he would show them to local community groups, accompanied by other students and Dr. Trepp

. In September 1957, Dan entered California State Polytechnic College, San Luis Obispo. He was a member of the Institute of Radio Engineers, The American Rocket Society (Secretary, President), The Blue Key National Honor Fraternity, the Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club, and the Campus Welcome Week Committee (First vice-chairman). In the 1959 Yearbook, he is pictured living in the Palomar Dorm. He graduated 17 Jun 1961 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics. He was accepted by "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" in the 1960-61 edition.

During summer vacations Dan was employed in several occupations. In 1957 while living with Simeon and Bess Williams, his maternal grandparents, he was an assistant TV repairman for the Fort Bragg Co-op. In 1958, he stayed at Cal Poly San Suis Obispo and was a bus-boy. In 1959, he was employed as a electronic technician by Don-Lee Electronics in Vallejo. And in 1960, he was employed as a electronic inspector for North American Aviation, Autonetics Division in Downey, California.

Dan became engaged to Diana Jeannette Kingsbury during the summer of 1960 in Long Beach, California. They were married on 17 Jun 1961 in the United Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara, California, the Rev. W. Frederick Wills presiding. The photograph at the left is of Dan and Diana and the photo at the right shows them with their four grandmothers. They went to Carmel and San Francisco on their honeymoon.

Dan and Diana's first home was a one bedroom apartment in South Gate, California. It was a two story complex built around a swimming pool. Since it was an adults-only facility, they had to move when Richard was born, moving to an apartment complex in Placentia. At this time, Dan was working at North American Aviation, Autonetics Division (NAA), as a Reliability Engineer. In 1964 they bought a new condominium in Anaheim, where they could see the nightly fireworks from Disneyland. Kathy was born when they were living here.

Promoted to senior engineering and managerial positions, Dan remained with NAA (later named Rockwell International and now part of The Boeing Company) for 16 years. During those years he worked on the U.S. Navy's SINS, Polaris, and Poseidon programs; the USAF's Minuteman I, Minuteman II, and B-1B Lancer programs, for which he had a Secret Security clearance. He also worked on Rockwell's Admiral Color Television program (where he was the Color TV Program Manager).

In May 1968, Dan spoke at the 22nd technical meeting of the American Society for Quality Control in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. His published paper was entitled "Design of Reliability Information Systems".

In the fall of 1974, Dan moved to Schaumburg, Illinois, working for Rockwell as its realibility program manager for Admiral. Diana and the children joined him in the spring in their new home. Knowing that layoffs were coming, he voluntered, and the family moved back to California where they bought a home in Huntington Beach.

In 1978, Dan and Diana launched Adventures In Computing, Inc. (AIC). He developed accounting applications — which he marketed and sold to small businesses and to Cromenco, a Silicon Valley computer manufacturer. He was active in the Fountain Valley Chamber of Commerce (FVCC), where he was a First Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors. He was the FVCC's director of the 1981 Gordon Bennet Balloon Race. It was here that he became acquainted with Karen L. Holliday (formerly Olson), a local attorney, who was also on the board.

In November 1980, Dan and Karen were attending Comdex (COMputer Dealers Exhibition) in Las Vegas, Nevada. On the day Dan was scheduled to speak, the MGM Grand fire broke out, which they watched from their hotel room. Needless to say, there were not as many attendees for the morning's speech.

On 9 May 1981, Dan married Karen L. Holliday (formerly Olson) in the home of Pat Crockett, the FVCC executive. They moved into a nearby apartment in Fountain Valley. Adventures In Computing was closed with the help of Karen, as the company's attorney.

In 1981 Dan joined the Citicorp Development Center (CDC) in Los Angeles, a software-development unit of Citibank and Citigroup. During his 23 years there he worked with ATMs, minicomputers, and secured computer networks. He was appointed to several chief-of-staff, product, and line-management positions. His last position was as CDC's Business Information Security Officer (BISO) and manager of Security & Configuration Management. Dan was a retiree of both The Boeing Company and Citigroup.

On 1 Sep 1982 Dan and Karen moved into an apartment in Culver City, to avoid the long commute from Orange County. They finally bought a beautiful two-story home in Culver City. Meanwhile, Dan designed, programmed, and marketed the A&D genealogical software system, founded Adventures In Ancestry, Inc. with Karen, and in 1995 obtained a U.S. Patent on genealogical date processing. During his 50+ years of computer experience, he taught numerous courses on information system design, report writers, IBM utilities and JCL, word processing, Microsoft programming, HTML, and on accounting and genealogy applications.

Dan retired in 2004, and he and Karen moved north to Auburn, California. This gave them the opportunity to ski at the local resorts, including Squaw Valley. Starting in 2001, shortly after the 9-11 tragedy, they started on 17 years of river and ocean cruises. Together they visited 60 countries, touching on 6 continents. See the Photo Gallery.

Shortly after their arrival in Auburn in 2004, Dan and Karen discovered the "Double Shots" playing every Wednesday night at The Club Car, a local resturant. They are a guitar and singing duo, playing the songs of the 60's - 90's. They always played a slow one to let Dan and Karen dance.

During his lifetime, Dan had many medical problems, but they never kept him down. These included surgeries for tonsils, hernias, appendix, cataracts, cardiac pacemaker, heart valve, base of tongue cancer, and many skin cancers. He also developed Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and Parkinson's disease. Dan's last cruise was to London, Norway and Iceland in 2019, where he enjoyed the cruise, but was unable to take the tours. By 2020 he needed in-home care.

Dan and Karen marked their 40th Anniversary on 9 May 2021 when Dan was in the hospital after a fall. He died Wednesday, 19 May 2021, at home with his wife Karen and stepdaughter Tiffany at his side. Death was due to complications from Parkinsons. Graveside services were held 4 June 2021 at the New Auburn Cemetery, the Pastor Paul Baigai presiding.