He was raised in the Tressler Orphans Home in Pennsylvania for the first 12 years of his life and then 6 years was spent with family before enlisting in the Army. He worked for the Ravenna School System for 40 years. First as a custodian and ended as the Building and Grounds Supervisor. After retiring he worked for 12 years as an inspector for Metropolitan Housing. He could and did repair anything for everybody. Sounds like all he did was work – that and playing Santa Claus were his hobbies.
Surviving Don is his wife of 63 years, Betty and their children: Don and Eric of Ravenna, Cindy of Ravenna, Blair (Christina) of Rootstown and Margo (Eugene) Prater of Warren. Surviving also are grandchildren: Oliver (Michele) Prater, Paige Prater, Eric (Ashley) Stockley, Rainna Stockley, Cameron Stockley, Kristopher Stockley, Blake Stockley and 8 great-grandchildren.
Don was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter Rebecca, his brother Bob and sisters: Betty and Jane. Also preceded by his in-laws Charles and Mary Hayden whom he thought of as his real parents.
Friends will be received on Friday, April 27, 2018 from 6:00pm until 8:00pm at the Wood-Kortright-Borkoski Funeral Home, 703 E. Main St., Ravenna. Mass of Christian Burial, officiated by Rev. William Kraynak, will be held at 10:00am on Saturday, April 28, 2018. Inurnment will be held at St. Mary’s Cemetery.
The family would like thank the doctors, nurses and aides at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls for their compassionate care.
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