Mr. Don A. Wilkinson, 81, of Alexandria, La., died Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at Huey Medical Center, Pineville, La.
He was born June 1, 1927, in South Bend to Osborn P. and Ruth A. (Reed) Wilkinson.
Mr. Wilkinson was a retired colonel from the United States Army and then worked as a federal civil servant with the Department of Energy before retiring. He was a member of the Logan Presbyterian Church, Logan, Utah. Don was a disabled American Veterans and served in Germany during World War II. He served two tours in Korea and Vietnam and was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge with Star Legion of Merit twice. He was a Westville High School graduate of 1945.
On June 25, 1993, in Logan, Utah, he married Flora Grant, who survives.
Also surviving are three daughters, Dawn Ann W. (Gordon Lee) Spittle of Valencia, Calif., Linda W. (Robert) Eckenrode of Montoursville, Pa., and Karen Lee of Woodbridge, Va.; two sons, James N. (Kimberly S.) of Bedford, Texas, and Robert O. (Linda M.) of Tulsa, Okla.; 10 grandchildren, Seth, Jeremy, James, Wesley, Haily, Jessie, Nicholas, Kirk, Jennifer and Stephanie; two great-grandchildren, Noah and Grayson; and one sister, Virginia (Harold) Nelson of Sun City, Ariz.
Preceding him in death were his parents, his birth mother Mable Seagrove and his first wife Imogen Hales Wilkinson.
The funeral will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Cutler Funeral Home in LaPorte. Friends may call Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. and Thursday from 10 a.m. until the service. Burial will be in Door Village Cemetery with full military honors.
Memorial contributions may be made to Operation USO Care Package at www.uso.org/donate; select "send a gift." Contributions may also be made to Cutler Funeral Home Web site www.cutlerfuneral.com
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He was born June 1, 1927, in South Bend to Osborn P. and Ruth A. (Reed) Wilkinson.
Mr. Wilkinson was a retired colonel from the United States Army and then worked as a federal civil servant with the Department of Energy before retiring. He was a member of the Logan Presbyterian Church, Logan, Utah. Don was a disabled American Veterans and served in Germany during World War II. He served two tours in Korea and Vietnam and was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge with Star Legion of Merit twice. He was a Westville High School graduate of 1945.
On June 25, 1993, in Logan, Utah, he married Flora Grant, who survives.
Also surviving are three daughters, Dawn Ann W. (Gordon Lee) Spittle of Valencia, Calif., Linda W. (Robert) Eckenrode of Montoursville, Pa., and Karen Lee of Woodbridge, Va.; two sons, James N. (Kimberly S.) of Bedford, Texas, and Robert O. (Linda M.) of Tulsa, Okla.; 10 grandchildren, Seth, Jeremy, James, Wesley, Haily, Jessie, Nicholas, Kirk, Jennifer and Stephanie; two great-grandchildren, Noah and Grayson; and one sister, Virginia (Harold) Nelson of Sun City, Ariz.
Preceding him in death were his parents, his birth mother Mable Seagrove and his first wife Imogen Hales Wilkinson.
The funeral will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Cutler Funeral Home in LaPorte. Friends may call Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. and Thursday from 10 a.m. until the service. Burial will be in Door Village Cemetery with full military honors.
Memorial contributions may be made to Operation USO Care Package at www.uso.org/donate; select "send a gift." Contributions may also be made to Cutler Funeral Home Web site www.cutlerfuneral.com