Daniel Hobbs Cable

Daniel Hobbs Cable passed away on January 28, 2025 at the age of 79 in Littleton, Colorado. He is survived by his daughter, Mollie Moltzau; and his grandchildren, Kathryn Moltzau, Matthew Moltzau, and Daniel Moltzau. He is also survived by his siblings, Margaret Wittrock, William Cable, and June Essing.

Daniel was born on November 29,1945 in West Lafayette, IN to Raymond and Mary Cable. Dan was born naturally curious, loved building things, and spent time launching rockets in the backyard and setting off cherry bombs with friends. In high school he studied science, played the trumpet, was the drum major, and played in a dance band. In 1963 he won the local science fair and went to the National Science Fair winning 3rd place overall.

Daniel attended Purdue University for his undergraduate work. The Vietnam War interrupted his education and Dan volunteered for the draft and joined the Army. After basic training, he went to Signals training and ended up breaking the code for the SIGABA coding machine and got punished for it by his immediate chain of command. His superior officers recognized his intelligence and promoted him to teach the class! They also kept him stateside, hoping to recruit him to the Pentagon. He served with distinction and was honorably discharged.

In 1969 Dan returned to Purdue to finish his degree in Electrical Engineering. There he met the love of his life, Martha Dumford, at a house party and were married 9 months later in August of 1970. They began their marriage with a cross-country road trip honeymoon, full of misadventures and fun to go live in Arizona. Their daughter Mollie was born two years later and Dan loved being a dad. Dan attended Arizona State University for his graduate work in Physics in search of answers about this universe. Ultimately his thesis was denied, so he joined the workforce. Dan worked for Goodyear Aerospace, Loral Defense Systems, and Lockheed Martin over his career. Dan was proud of his work on various radar systems. He worked on the SR-71 Blackbird, Bi-static radar, and Lidar. In 1994 Dan won the prestigious NOVA Award for Technical Excellence. The award read: For world-renowned expertise on Synthetic Aperture Radar image formation processing algorithm development.

Dan and Mardy lived in the West Valley for 44 years.

Dan’s life goal was to take his graduate thesis and write a book about physics. He wanted to show how Science and Quantum Physics proves the existence of God, the Creator of the Universe, and how those two things are not mutually exclusive. The manuscript never did get finished, but he sure enjoyed working on it and pondering great questions of life, physics and math. He said, “If I don’t finish it, I will die happy trying to.”

Dan and Mardy moved to Colorado in 2014 to be closer to their daughter and grandchildren, whom they deeply loved. Dan and Mardy were able to celebrate 52 beautiful years together. We will miss his kind and generous heart, and goofy sense of humor. Daniel was a man of deep faith and loved God. He often said, “I not only believe in miracles, I rely upon them.” He is now reunited with Mardy in heaven.

If you would like to honor Daniel’s memory, donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. Click the donate tab and click that it is a tribute gift. https://act.alz.org. Thank you for wanting to make a difference for this terrible disease.

You are invited to a Celebration of Life Service for Daniel Cable on March 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM in South Suburban Church, 7275 S Broadway, Littleton, CO 80122.