Donald Earl Sundgren
(01/22/1934 - 10/03/2011)
SUNDGREN, Donald Earl
Donald Earl Sundgren of Spokane passed away October 3, 2011 at age 77 in Spokane. He was born to parents Erick and Myrtle Sundgren on January 22, 1934 in Spokane. He is preceded in death by his parents, his sister, Beverly Self, and his brother, Wayne Sundgren. He is survived by wife Ann Sundgren and children Donald Jr, Adam, and Misty, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Don grew up in the Spokane and Sandpoint areas. He spent most of his schooling years in Sandpoint but graduated from the old Lindbergh High School in 1952. He worked at several different jobs after high school then went into the army in 1956, where he served in Seattle and Adak Island. After his military service, he worked for Bendix Field Engineering in England for two years. He was then transferred to several states in the US, ending up in Fairbanks, Alaska where he spent the next 24 years running a satellite tracking station. He worked two more years in Guam before retiring and moving back to the Sandpoint area. He enjoyed traveling, model trains and cars, wood-working, and gardening. A memorial service will be held at Audubon Park United Methodist Church at the corner of Driscoll Blvd. and Garland on Saturday, October 8th at 2:00 pm, followed by a dinner at Whisperwood Clubhouse, at 19th and Sullivan Rd. in Spokane Valley at 4:00 pm. Contributions may be sent to Audubon Park Church or other charity.
I shall aways be grateful for the home that Don and Nola gave me after mom died. I lived with them for 4 years until I got married at 19. They were very brave to take in a 15 year old girl.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Don, you took me to England where I met my husband (now married for 47 years).
Aloa