Daniel Paul Nastali Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Daniel Paul Nastali (Roeland Park, Kansas), who passed away at the age of 82, on March 4, 2024. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

He was predeceased by : his parents, Edward J. and Mary A. Nastali; his daughter Jill Marie; and his sons-in-law, Daniel Samenus and Royce Wood.

He is survived by : his wife Susie Kuchel; his daughter Laura Samenus; his grandchild Charlie; his daughter Katy Wood; his grandchildren, Anika and Grace; and his sisters, Mary Ellen Alea and Pat Alea (Bruce Collick). He is also survived by four nieces.

The result was a series of articles in books and journals and his major contribution to scholarship, The Arthurian Annals, the definitive reference work on the development of the Arthurian tradition in the literary, performance and popular arts from 1250 to 2000, which was co-authored with Phillip Boardman, a scholar with similar interests at the University of Nevada.