Daniel Francis Micali

Daniel Francis Micali of East Hartford, devoted husband of Bonnie (Surri) Micali, passed away on July 30, 2022. Dan was born in Hartford on October 5, 1941 to Daniel and Sadie (Bazzano) Micali. Raised in West Hartford, he graduated from Conard High School in 1959. After graduation, he received technical training at Albert I. Prince Technical School in sheet metal and air conditioning. Dan served in the United States Army, completing his service in the Air National Guard. Dan spent the summers of his youth at Giant’s Neck in Niantic, CT, where he met Bonnie in 1956. American Playwright Thorton Wilder wrote “The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.” Dan lived a life to benefit others. His family remains eternally grateful. A tireless and proud journeyman member of Sheet Metal Workers Local 40, Dan helped to construct many of the most significant projects throughout Connecticut. With strong hands and broad fingers, to receive a handshake from Dan was to appreciate the pure strength of the man. Yet those hands bore the finesse of a scratch golfer, a game that was his passion for most of his adult life as a member of the East Hartford Golf Club. In addition to golf, he was an avid fan of the New York Yankees and New York Giants. But above all, he treasured his family. Predeceased by his sisters Pamela Anderson and Frances Van Damme, Dan leaves behind his wife of 58 years, Bonnie, two daughters and sons-in-law, Karen and Michael McTeague of Granby, and Kristen and Jared Cohane of West Hartford and five grandchildren whom Daniel adored, Matthew McTeague of Myrtle Beach, SC, Bryan and Sarah McTeague of Granby and Tanner and Teagan Cohane of West Hartford. Dan also leaves behind his sister-in-law Jeanine McConnell of Manchester, two brothers-in-law, several nephews and a niece, cousins and friends. Funeral services will be held on August 19, 2022 at 10 a.m. at the Church of St. Timothy, 1116 N. Main Street, West Hartford, CT. Burial will follow in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, 1 Cottage Grove Road, Bloomfield, CT. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice in Dan’s memory. Online expressions of sympathy may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com