Donald Botimer |
| Posted 2017-02-16 by mhenderson |
| Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ >>> Published on Thursday, February 16, 2017 <<< Donald “Don” Botimer, 80, passed away unexpectedly Feb. 12, 2017 at Havasu Regional Medical Center. Don was born in Binghamton, New York on March 10, 1936 during a great flood. The family traveled frequently for his father’s job with Goodyear. After his father’s death in 1939, his mother moved them back to her hometown of Waukegan, Ill. Don was a 1954 graduate of Waukegan High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1954-1957. He married Carol Hutchings, Aug. 8, 1964 in Grayslake, Ill. and moved to Gurnee, Ill. He welcomed daughters Kathryn, Stacie and Deborah. Don drove a truck for 55 years, retiring from his last job at Yellow Freight in 2002, after 19 years. He moved to Havasu in 2003 after retiring. Don enjoyed working outdoors, gardening, raising livestock, and collecting and tinkering with anything mechanical. He loved driving his 1948 Farmall Cub tractor, camping, and enjoying the Colorado River on his pontoon boat. He explored desert trails in his Suzuki Samurai and attended races at SARA Park. Don attended the Gurnee Community Church in Gurnee for 32 years and St. Michael’s in Lake Havasu for 14 years. He was the founding member of the “Retired Old Man People Watching Club.” Above all, his most favorite times were spent with family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl C. and Alice M. Twentyman Botimer, brother Allen C. Botimer, in-laws Nick and Shirley Hutchings, and brother-in-law Tom Hutchings. He is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Carol, daughters Kathryn Botimer, Stacie (Scott) Miller, Deborah (James) Harrison, grandchildren: Alissa Koop, Samantha Smith, Timothy Miller, Justin Miller, Anastasia Smith, Nicole Harrison, Jacob Harrison and Jimmy Harrison, sisters-in-law Doris Botimer and Pam Hutchings, nieces and nephews, close friends Dave and Tina Minnoch, Rafael and Maria Espino, and many friends in Illinois and Arizona. Don left a lasting impression on everyone he met. Services are 4 p.m. Feb. 17 at St. Michaels United Methodist Church. Services were placed in the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home. Thoughts and condolences can be sent to the Botimer family at lietz- frazefuneralhome.com. |
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