DEITZ, DONALD IVEN “DON”
IT IS WITH SADNESS THAT THE FAMILY OF DONALD ADVISE OF HIS SUDDEN PASSING ON AUGUST 29, 1993 AT HIS FARM WHERE HE WAS BORN 61 YEARS AGO.
DON WAS BORN DECEMBER 16, 1931 ON THE FARM NEAR MILO. HE ATTENDED BOTH PIONEER AND MILO SCHOOLS. DON WAS ABLE TO FIX ALMOST ANYTHING. HE COULD TAKE IT APART, FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG AND EITHER FIX IT OR MAKE IT BETTER THEN IT WAS. HE ALSO INVENTED NUMEROUS THINGS INCLUDING A ROLL-UP TRUCK BOX COVER HE DESIGNED TWENTY YEARS A GO, THAT’S STILL IN USE TODAY.
DON LIVED IN THE MILO AREA ALL HIS LIFE, WHERE HE FARMED WITH HIS BROTHERS AND NEPHEWS.
HE ENJOYED FISHING, HUNTING AND CURLING OF WHICH HIS TEAM WON NUMEROUS TROPHY’S. HE ALSO ENJOYED TRAVELLING TO MANY COUNTRIES INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND, HAWAII, CAYMAN ISLANDS, AUSTRALIA, MEXICO, AND CRUISES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND PANAMA. IN THE SUMMER OF 1992 HE ATTENDED THE LIONS CLUB CONVENTION HELD IN TOKYO THEN HE WENT WITH HIS BEST FRIEND TO THE PHILIPPINES TO BE BEST MAN AT HIS FRIENDS WEDDING.
HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE MILO LIONS CLUB AND A MEMBER OF DUCKS UNLIMITED AND THE MILO CURLING CLUB.
HE IS SURVIVED BY THREE BROTHERS BOB (HARRIET), TWIN BROTHER DAVE AND BILL (LOIS) ALL OF MILO, THREE SISTERS IONA UMSCHEID OF MILO, MARJORIE AND MAXINE OF CALGARY, FOUR NIECES, ELEVEN NEPHEWS, AND NINETEEN GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
DON WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS MOTHER HILDA IN 1975, FATHER JACK IN 1983, A NEPHEW LARRY, A BOTHER-IN-LAW BOB AND A SISTER-IN-LAW LUCILLE.
FUNERAL SERVICE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1993 AT 1 P.M. AT THE MILO COMMUNITY HALL WITH REV. LEWIS BOOTH OFFICIATING. INTERMENT HOPE LUTHERAN CEMETERY, MILO, ALBERTA.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES TO S.T.A.R.S 1441 AVIATION PARK N.E. BOX 570 CALGARY T2E 8M7 WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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