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DANIEL ALLEN FREELAND (1949-2021)

I was shocked to see the death notice for Dan Freeland in the June issue of The Numismatist. I see that he died on April 17. I had talked with him on the phone less than a month earlier. His obit mentions that he was a teacher for thirty years but fails to mention that he graduated from Central Michigan University.

On March 20, I got an email message from Kathy Freeland. She said that she and Dan had watched my presentation for the Newman Numismatic Portal Symposium. She asked for my phone number so Dan could call me. He called and we talked about phone cards and other topics.

It was probably at least twenty-five years ago when I first met Dan. He was a Central States exhibitor and exhibit judge. He had an exhibit on national commemorative medals which is an interest we shared. I recall later he had award winning exhibits on Michigan National Bank Notes. He won a first-place award for his exhibit of Michigan Nationals as recently as 2018 in Philadelphia.

Kathy Freeland was also an exhibitor and judge. The first exhibit I recall for her was on women's badges issued for ANA conventions. Later I got to work with her as Secretary for TAMS. Dan and Kathy received an ANA Presidential Award in 2009.

There were probably years when I saw Dan and Kathy at shows at least three times. I didn't talk with them every time, but they seemed to always be around.

To read Dan's online obituary, see:
Daniel Allen Freeland of Mayville, Michigan | 1949 - 2021 | Obituary(https://www.avramfuneralhome.com/obituary/daniel-freeland)