Donald Lee Wilkerson was born 31 January 1934 in Billings, Montana, and lived in Deckers, Colorado, before moving to Reno, Nevada. Don graduated from Reno High School and University of Nevada, then attended graduate school at University of California, Berkeley. Upon graduation, Don was hired to return home to Reno and work for Mason McDuffie as a Mortgage Banker. Upon graduation from High School Don declined an appointment to West Point, but he did serve in the US Army, obtaining the rank of First Lieutenant and becoming a flight instructor. He never lost his love for flying and was proud to have owned and flown many different aircraft makes and models. An avid outdoorsman, Don loved to ski, hunt, play golf and fly fish around the world. He was a longtime member of the Canvasback Gun Club and the Six Man Ranch, where he so loved to watch the sunrise over the marsh in anticipation of what the day might bring. He fly fished across the globe, from Alaska to the Seychelles; Argentina to Iceland. But his favorite was bone fishing, which carried the possibility of hooking a Permit. The game of golf was another passion and he held memberships at a number of clubs. Don died 6 December 2019. He was preceded in death by his wife of sixty years, Mary Ann; his mother, Mary Cleo; and his brother, Gary Wilkerson, one of the most highly decorated helicopter pilots of the Vietnam War. He was survived by a son, a daughter, and two each of granddaughters and grandsons. [Edited from Reno Gazette-Journal, Thursday, 12 December 2019, as added via duplicate memorial merge.]
Donald Lee Wilkerson was born 31 January 1934 in Billings, Montana, and lived in Deckers, Colorado, before moving to Reno, Nevada. Don graduated from Reno High School and University of Nevada, then attended graduate school at University of California, Berkeley. Upon graduation, Don was hired to return home to Reno and work for Mason McDuffie as a Mortgage Banker. Upon graduation from High School Don declined an appointment to West Point, but he did serve in the US Army, obtaining the rank of First Lieutenant and becoming a flight instructor. He never lost his love for flying and was proud to have owned and flown many different aircraft makes and models. An avid outdoorsman, Don loved to ski, hunt, play golf and fly fish around the world. He was a longtime member of the Canvasback Gun Club and the Six Man Ranch, where he so loved to watch the sunrise over the marsh in anticipation of what the day might bring. He fly fished across the globe, from Alaska to the Seychelles; Argentina to Iceland. But his favorite was bone fishing, which carried the possibility of hooking a Permit. The game of golf was another passion and he held memberships at a number of clubs. Don died 6 December 2019. He was preceded in death by his wife of sixty years, Mary Ann; his mother, Mary Cleo; and his brother, Gary Wilkerson, one of the most highly decorated helicopter pilots of the Vietnam War. He was survived by a son, a daughter, and two each of granddaughters and grandsons. [Edited from Reno Gazette-Journal, Thursday, 12 December 2019, as added via duplicate memorial merge.]
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