Condolences
I think about the trip to your grandfather’s and other great trips your parents took me with the rest of you. Even church with your mom and sisters. They are the sisters I never had. I remember a lot of good times with you and your family.
Cherry Brandy is still good.
May you Rest In Peace my friend
Murry Atkinson & family
Dear Linda and family, so sorry to hear of your loss. Condolences to you and your family. Linda you are in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. Strength to you all. Benny & Alice Van Ravenswaay
Linda, Shirley & Sharon
So very sorry to learn of Don's passing. And my apologies for not being able to attend.
Sending love, hugs and prayers to you and your families.
Thinking of you and holding you all very close.
Diane Goldsmith
xoxo
I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to have known Don. He and Linda both opened their home and family to me as their son-in-law. I can remember spending countless hours/days speaking and laughing with Don and learning from his experiences in this world. He was a kind man with a huge heart and because of this his friendship base was huge and he’d always have people dropping in to see him and he was really never alone ever. He will be truly miss and I will carry my memories of him with a smile.
Rest in peace old friend and know that you always gave more to this world than you ever took.
Linda, Katie and Matt
Our thoughts are with you at this time of great loss! Don was a wonderful man and I always enjoyed my conversations with him.
It will take time to get through your grief, help each other each day for strength.
Deepest sympathy to Linda and family. Karen and Andy Kohut
Don (Donny to me and my brothers) was the best friend any person could be lucky enough to have, truly. A heart of the purest of pure gold, that heart was as big as a mountain, and Don had the strength of a giant, and uncommon patience, even on his most challenging of days.
I have a lot of memories with Donny, some simple, some particular, all of them cherished. I remember once at the late, late end of a very long day, the two us assembling an engine, we were tired, walking seemed difficult - could've been the gravel - and one job hadn't been completed yet; welding a motor mount we made, so that the engine could be bolted down and I could drive home. Donny was tired, I asked that if I could get everything ready for him would he please weld since I didn't know how. He didn't want to weld, partly because he wasn't sure he could see it properly, either of it, partly because he didn't think he could stay on the stool, and he was very... tired. He voluntarily agreed, so long as I could get him set up to work while he sat on the floor, and 'no guarantees' - I happily agreed. So now at nearly 2:00am I set up everything for results comparable with the very best race parts; two nearly empty tanks, gauges we were pretty sure were set right, a steel coat hanger, a trouble light, and a nearly clean floor. Donny got to work, finished, I helped him to the house and said good night and thanks.
I bolted the mount in, drove home late but still got to work on time in the morning. The mount was a pure success and lived for a long time on the punishing side of our engine, and is ready for another engine.
So the mount was, and is still okay. The real success was working together with Donny on another of our many endeavours and discovering we really could accomplish things, even when it seemed things werent all going our way.
I loved, and always respected Donny, I am going to miss him a lot. I feel an emptiness that no one else can fill but him.
Then there was the time we drove to Uncle George's to evaluate a racoon problem... a plan, a request, an agreement, 'no guarantees', an honest effort... another success. Friends.
Linda, Matt, Katie, (Nate) I am so sorry for your loss. Know that you bouyed his spirits at all times, he was so proud of you all, though he probably didn't say it as often as he wanted to, that was just his quiet way. Linda you were his everything, always and forever. Sharon and Shirlee he was very proud of you both, and felt your love and support always.
AT & all of the family
I always looked up to Don as a big brother growing up.
To Linda, Shirlee, Sharon and families, my deepest condolence.
We sure had a lot of fun back in the day.
Our deepest sympathy to Linda and all of the family keep all your good memories forever. Jim & Judy Tuck
Our deepest sympathy to Linda and all the family. Thinking of you; Greg and Sharon MacDougall
