MCCORMICK, Donald Roy

Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ - Published Tuesday, April 5, 2011 > January 26, 1915 — April 4, 2011 < Donald Roy McCormick, 96, one of Lake Havasu City’s early settlers, died Monday at Lake Hills Inn Nursing Home in Lake Havasu City. Born January 26, 1915, in Huntington Beach, Calif., he moved to Lake Havasu City 45 years ago from Bishop, Calif., with his wife, Evelyn, who preceded him in death. Don worked as a construction worker and part-time TV repairman until his retirement in 1980. Don was a devoted lodge member, moving through the chairs of the Masonic Lodge in Bishop, then again in Lake Havasu City. He also was a longtime member of the Order of Eastern Star Chapter 61, Lake Havasu City and was Worthy Grand Patron for the State of Arizona O.E.S. Chapter in the early 1970s. Don loved to travel to the various lodges throughout the United States and Canada and was excited to meet new people who were also devoted lodge members. Don is survived by his son, Ronald W. McCormick, of Beaverton, Ore.; and his daughter, Diane G. Cooper, of Lake Havasu City; five grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. Visitation will be Saturday, from 9-10 a.m., at the Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, at the Lietz-Fraze Chapel. Arrangements were made by Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home.