Donald Lynn Shadd
December 8, 1939 – November 12, 2018
Donald Lynn Shadd, 78, of Highland Park, MI, passed away on November 12, 2018 in Tequesta, FL. Donald was born on December 8, 1939 in Detroit, MI, to his Canadian parents, Janet Eileen and Donald William Shadd who were then living and working in the United States.
Throughout his childhood Donald traveled to his ancestral village in Canada visiting and participating in annual celebrations held in honor of his heritage as a descendent of Abraham Dorcas Shadd, a founder of the first established settlement and refuge for slaves who traveled to the end of the Underground Railroad. He went on to graduate from Detroit College of Business with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in 1961, and, soon after graduating, he worked as a Regional Sales Manager for the Standard Oil Company until the early 1970s. Showing great entrepreneurial spirit, Donald and his father formed their own businesses together and individually, managing several service stations and automotive repair shops as both proprietors and working mechanics. After closing those establishments, Donald channeled his love of cars by working as a mechanic until retirement in 2015. He was an avid sports fan and loved fishing with his family on the lakes and rivers in Michigan and on the ocean in Florida during his retirement years.
He and wife Audrey Trowell married on October 4, 1996, at St. Mark’s Church in Detroit, MI.
Donald is preceded in death by his father, Donald William Shadd, and his first granddaughter, Blythe Ashleigh Simmons.
He is survived by his mother, Janet Shadd; his wife, Audrey Trowell; former wife, Dolores Shadd and their three daughters: Sherrie Lynne Bradley and her children Shelbie and Gillian and great-grandson Jacob; Debbie Leigh Simmons with her spouse Phillip and their children Tristan and Chelsea; and Jennie Anne Stoudemire with her spouse Robert and their children Robert III and Nicolas. He is also survived by three step-children he shared with Audrey: Rafael, Dion, and Kristle and her children Ashley and Harlem.
Funeral services will be held 9AM, Sunday, November 18, 2018 at Aycock-Riverside Funeral Center with Minister Debra Caruth officiating.
Memorials may be given to Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease Research, 3858 Sheridan Street, Suite S,
Hollywood, FL 33021 or the American Epilepsy Society, 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 2850, Chicago, IL 60603
The family wishes to extend our sincere thanks to the Martin and Palm Beach County Fire/Rescue teams, Jupiter Medical Center physicians, nurses and staff, Keiser University faculty and staff, AT&T and all other friends and family who have been supports and sources of comfort during this difficult time.
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