Daniel Robert McKernan, Formerly of Goleta, 1950-2025

Daniel Robert McKernan, Formerly of Goleta, 1950-2025

Daniel Robert McKernan Daniel Robert McKernan, age 75, passed away on Oct. 8, 2025, in Bakersfield, California, from complications of pulmonary fibrosis. He was born Feb. 24, 1950, in St Clair, Michigan, to Tom and Dolly McKernan. While growing up, he and brother Mike rode bikes, looked for lizards and frogs and didn’t come home until dark. Younger brother Ken was born in 1959, shortly before the family moved to Goleta, when his father was trans…