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Don Loudon

Posted 2009-09-29 by Sharla
Lozano's Flagstaff Mortuary
Flagstaff, Arizona

Don went to be with the Lord on September 29, 2008 after a long battle with diabetes and is now at rest. This day would also be remembered as his 29th wedding anniversary to Libby Lozano Loudon, whom he met while living in Kachina Village. Don and Libby left the Flagstaff area in 1990 for Cody, Wyoming.

Don was born December 28, 1944 in Medina, Ohio. He was adopted by Clair and Deb Loudon of Akron, Ohio. He graduated fro St. John's Military Academy in Delfield, Wisconsin in 1962.

He served our country during the Vietnam Era from 1964 to 1968. He was stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, Doolittle Air Field in Pensacola, Florida where he instructed pilots in Forward Radar Control.

Don loved to laugh, he shared his humor with so many people. His hobby was HO gauge railroad. He built dioramas and rail cars in detail. He was a proficient carpenter, a student of his mentor our Lord and Savior the greatest carpenter ever.

He is survived and will be greatly missed by his loving wife Libby Loudon, daughter of the late Antonio S. Lozano and Carmen Carter of Flagstaff, AZ. His two daughters Lisa and Michelle Loudon, of Gulf Breeze, Florida, sister-in-laws; Mickey (Ray) Sandoval, Toni (Terry) Bobadilla, Linda Garcia, brother-in-law Ruben (Clorinda) Lozano. Boyhood friends Jerome Lyons, Roscommon, MI, and Don Blodgett, Sweet Home, OR, cousin Jo Any (John) Elgenheer, Peoria, Az, and his favorite adopted friend Terry Bobadilla. He will be missed by his loving border collie "Tailwind" who faithfully was his companion this past year.

A celebration of Don's new life will be held on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 1:00 pm at Lozano's Flagstaff Mortuary, 2545 N. 4th Street, Flagstaff, AZ followed by burial at Citizens Cemetery Veterans Section, with veterans honors provided by the American Legion Post #3, VFW Post #1709 and the Marine Corp League.



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