Dan A. Chavez passed away peacefully March 1, 2008 at Tri-Cities Chaplaincy Hospice House, going home to greet those family members who have gone on before him. Dan was born November 9, 1925 in Enterprise, Oregon to Louis E. Chavez and Ruby B. Strope Chavez. In 1933 the family moved to Grand Coulee, Washington after living in Finley, Washington since 1926, after a few years the family moved to Eatonville, Washington where he met his best friend Bill Schmidt, the two remained lifelong friends. In 1943 the family returned to the Finley area. In 1945 he met the love of his life May E. Lane Stearns in Yakima, Washington. They were married in 1946 and made their lifelong home in Finley. Dan drove truck in his early years and then in August 1950 joined the Bricklayers Allied Craft Workers Union BACW. In August 2000, after 50 years of membership, he became a lifetime member of BACW, which he felt was one of his greatest accomplishments. He worked throughout the Northwest and with different contractors around the Tri-Cities. You can still see some of his beautiful work around the Tri-Cites. He is survived by his five children, his sons, LaVerne Stearns, Allen Stearns, Gary and his wife Chris Chavez, Gerald and his wife Maria Chavez; daughter Rita and her husband Ed Davis, all of Finley; 14 grandchildren Wade, Matthew, Brett, and Trent Stearns; Michelle Linton; Dustin, Devin, Brandon, Andre, Carlo and Shana Chavez; Trevor, Trek and Tyrel Davis; 31 great-grandchildren, Afton, Ashley and Tristan Stearns; Shadow Stearns; Britney and Kass Stearns; and Brenna Lagunas, Lexie and Sandran Linton; Brooklyn, Blaine, Dane, Dierks, Kaitlyn and Makenzie Chavez; Lane, Andrew, Ty, Cheyenne, Carson, Tanner, Isabella, Jewel, Ellie and Emma Chavez; Ashton, Reilyn, Mayce, Jaxson and Cooper Davis; and two great-great grandchildren Sandrea and Katie Lagunas. Dan is also survived by sisters Alphy and her husband Marvin Lechelt of Kennewick; Elizabeth and her husband Jim Averette of Birmingham, Alabama; Margaret and her husband Chet Hickman of Kennewick, and Patty and her husband Bob Lawley of Cheney, WA; also 3 brothers Robert and his wife Shirley Chavez of Spokane, Wa, Dick Chavez of Vancouver, WA and Al and his wife Teri Chavez of Vancouver, WA. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife May Chavez and his brother Louis H. Chavez. Donations may be made to Tri-Cities Chaplaincy Hospice, 2108 West Entiat Avenue, Kennewick, WA 99336.