Warren retired from mortgage banking approximately 2009, “when I could no longer keep all the details between my ears.” He spent much of his time at the Berkeley Tennis Club, which he loved deeply and worked actively to improve.

Warren enjoyed much in life, including eating out, finding a good bargain, watching sports, and drinking Peet’s coffee.  But all of that paled in comparison to his love of tennis, for he once noted, “I’m not fully alive if I can’t play tennis.”

His final weeks were spent in Kaiser Oakland, where he was visited by many friends and family. He passed away peacefully of heart failure and will be missed by many.  He is buried in Lakeview Cemetary, Cleveland, Ohio, next to his father and mother.  

Warren ushered in the millennium by co-hosting a new year’s party at the Berkeley Tennis Club. The next decade his family grew as Warren welcomed the spouses of his children – Joe Lawrence, Chi Dang, Lynea Pisani – into the family. The evolution of his family thrilled him, for in 2004 Warren sent out his first and only custom-made Christmas card with a picture of himself kissing his first grandaughter; inside, the note read, “Welcome into 2004 the new generation, my first grandchild.” By the time 2010 ended, he had six new grandchildren: Lily Lawrence, Julia Dang, Liam Lawrence, Spencer Warren Daane, Jonathan Dang, and Addison Daane.  

Warren and Pat divorced amicably in 1985. Warren worked to build a home for his children as a single parent, purchasing a home in the Oakland hills and starting a new career as a mortgage broker. He enjoyed working independently and using his financial and legal background to help his clients (and his kids, who he would refinance for free upon request). In 1995 Warren met Eileen Ingenthron (pictured) who remained his partner until his death. 

Warren moved to California in 1970 for a job at Crocker National Bank, where he would work for seventeen years. There, he married Mary Patricia Coleman whom he had met on the tennis court at the Mayfield Country Club back in Cleveland.  Warren and Pat had three children: Megan, Maria, and David. In 1976, the family moved to Piedmont, California. He joined the Berkeley Tennis Club (the “BTC”) in 1984, where he spent a significant amount of time playing, discussing, and organizing tennis.

In California, Warren adapted to his new life, developing an affinity for Peet's Coffee, watching his kids play sports, correcting third grade spelling tests.

After graduating from Shaker Heights High School in 1961, Warren enrolled at Princeton University where he eventually earned a Bachelor’s degree in history. While there he served as captain of the tennis team, which won the Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis Association Championships all four years he played.

Upon graduation in 1965, he chose to pursue a law degree at Case Western Reserve University and eventually passed the Ohio bar exam.

Warren Daane spent his youth playing tennis. And play it well he did, winning many local tournaments. In 1958 he won the U.S. 16 Boy’s Doubles Championships with Clark Graebner, who later went on to play professionally and win the Davis cup. He also won the Canadian junior singles championship twice. This photo was taken with his mom and dad the day he won the Canadian title.

Gilbert Warren Daane, Jr. was born to Mavis and Warren Daane Sr. in 1943. Warren’s dad was in the army’s JAG corps working in London, so his mom had moved back to live with her parents in Canada. He spent his first three years of life with his mother and grandparents and did not meet his own father until he returned from WWII three years later.

The young family returned to Shaker Heights, Ohio where Warren spent his childhood.  There, his brothers Robert Daane and Charles Daane were born.

Some of Warren’s lifelong passions can be traced back these early years, including a love of the Cleveland Indians. His father, a busy attorney, would take the Indian’s opening day off so he could attend games with his sons.

Warren enjoyed his summers at his family’s cottage in Elk Rapids, Michigan (which he continued to visit until 2012) and Ontario, Canada.