Donald Aiken DeLoria |
| Posted 2009-11-15 by Maurine |
| Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona February 7, 1996 Donald Aiken DeLoria of Wickenburg died Feb. 2 in Peoria. He was 81. Mr. DeLoria was born Jan.6, 1915 in Lake Placid, N. Y. He had lived in Arizona for one and one half years, coming here from New York. In 1934 at the age of 19 he enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He served three years as a mechanic and chauffeur in the Plattsburgh, Lake Placid and Newcomb (N. Y.) barracks. He moved from Lake Placid to Massena, N.Y. in 1941 where he worked for Alcoa. In 1944 he moved to Tahawus, N.Y. and was employed by the National Lead Company in 1963, when the National Lead Company decided to mine the iron ore under the village of Tahawus he and his family moved to Newcomb. N.Y., where he remained employed by NL Industries. He retired in1976 with31 years of service. In Newcomb he served as a member of the Newcomb Community League, the Lions Club and the Newcomb Fire Department. He moved to Wickenburg in August of 1993 with his wife Beatrice. Mr. DeLoria is survived by his wife of 41 years, Beatrice Irene of Wickenburg; son Edward of Apopka, Fla., Marvin of Rochester, N.Y. Shane of Choctaw, Okla., Cris of Ontario, Canada, Robin of Newcomb, N.Y., and Kyle Of Albany N.Y.; sister Maria DeLoria of Lake Placid; brother David DeLoria of Port Byron, N. Y.; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grand children. He was Preceded in death by his parents, Edward Aiken and Floy (Mussen) DeLoria; infant daughter Anne in 1942; and his eldest brother Hubert DeLoria in 1993. Funeral services will be private. Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. DeLoria's name to a charity of one's choice. Frey Funeral Home and Cremation Service was in charge of all the arrangements. |
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