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- EDGERTON - Donald R[obert] MILLARD, 75, of Edgerton,
passed away
- Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, at the Edgerton Hospital and Health
Services.
- Donald was born on Nov. 1, 1931, in Janesville, WI the son
of the late Roy and Alice
- (LITTLE) MILLARD. He attended public school
in the Janesville and Edgerton areas, and graduated from Edgerton
High School in 1949. On Feb. 5, 1952, Don enlisted in the U.S.
Air Force. He was married to Mary ARTHUR on Oct. 23, 1953,
in the United Methodist Church in Edgerton. Don received an Honorable
Discharge from the U.S. Air Force in February, 1956. He enrolled
at Indiana Institute of Technology in January of 1958, and graduated
in December, 1960, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil
Engineering. After moving to Florida, he worked for two Consulting
Engineering Firms as the Resident Project Engineer, overseeing
construction on several Potable Water and Sanitary Sewage Treatment
Facilities for nine years. Don joined the Manatee County Public
Works Department Engineering Division as a Senior Project Engineer.
Don retired from Manatee County in October, 1994. Don was raised
a Master Mason in 1968, at Madison Lodge #5 F&A.M. in Madison,
Wisconsin, and served as Master of said Lodge in 1974. Don was
a member of both the Scottish and York Rites, and a member and
past Potentate of the Egypt Shrine Tin Lizzie Unit, and a charter
member and past Camaxil of Los Tampateca #142 - Order of Quetzalcoatl.
Don served on the board of Governors for Shrine Hospitals for
Children in Tampa, Florida. He was an associate member of the
Zor Shrine in Madison, WI. One of Don's special interests was
woodworking. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in
Edgerton.
- Donald is survived by his wife, Mary of Edgerton; brothers,
Charles (Rochelle)
- MILLARD of Edgerton and Roger (Celia) MILLARD
of Mountain Home, AR; several nieces and nephews; great-nieces
and nephews; great-great-nieces and nephews; mother-in-law, Elvira
ARTHUR of Edgerton, WI; sisters-in-law: Marge MILLARD
of Middleton, WI, Helen WENTLER of Janesville, WI, and
Clara (Duane) SNELL of Edgerton, WI; brothers-in-law,
James ARTHUR Jr. of Cuba City, WI, and Charles ARTHUR
of Douglasville, GA. In addition to his parents, Donald was preceded
in death by a brother, Darrell.
- Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug.
6, 2007, at the
- Whitcomb-Lynch-Albrecht Funeral Home, Edgerton, with Pastor
Jean Bartlett officiating. Burial with full Military Rites will
be in Fassett Cemetery. Visitation time will be Sunday from 4
until 7 p.m., with a Masonic Service to be held at 7 p.m., and
from 9:30 a.m. until time of service Monday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be given to either the Shiners' Hospital for Children
or Edgerton Hospital and Health Services. [Friday edition,
from the Gazette Xtra website]
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