Haxtun Herald, Haxtun, Colorado, 11 Aug 1983
Former Haxtun resident Donald Ebert Amack died recently in California. He was 79.
Born October 19, 1904 in Red Cloud, Nebraska, he moved with his family to Haxtun in 1911 at the age of 7. He married Helen M. Baker* in Haxtun on April 5, 1931.
In 1940, the Amacks moved to California where he built houses. During World War II he worked in the shipyards and during the Korean War he supervised manufacturing at U.S. Propellers.
After the war he returned to the construction industry, supervising the construction of more than 2000 homes.
Congestive heart failure caused him to leave the rigorous building industry and in 1957 he returned to college to learn steam engineering and refrigeration. He earned an unlimited license in the state of California and immediately went to work as the head of engineering at St. Mary's Hospital in Apple Valley, California. He later joined the staff of Inter-Community Hospital in Covina, California and remained there until his retirement in 1969.
He attended the Brethren Church in Haxtun in his early years, later, he attended the Hope Country Church in Baldwin Park, California.
He was preceded in death by his daughter Helen in 1941, his son Clair Dean, in 1970, and a grandson, Andy Allen in 1978.
Survivors include his wife, Helen, of Baldwin Park, California; a son, Gene of Baldwin Park; a daughter, Marilyn Stephen Kruso of Alpine, California; two brothers, Delbert of Englewood, Colorado and Paul of Canon City, Colorado; and five grandchildren.
*Barker
Former Haxtun resident Donald Ebert Amack died recently in California. He was 79.
Born October 19, 1904 in Red Cloud, Nebraska, he moved with his family to Haxtun in 1911 at the age of 7. He married Helen M. Baker* in Haxtun on April 5, 1931.
In 1940, the Amacks moved to California where he built houses. During World War II he worked in the shipyards and during the Korean War he supervised manufacturing at U.S. Propellers.
After the war he returned to the construction industry, supervising the construction of more than 2000 homes.
Congestive heart failure caused him to leave the rigorous building industry and in 1957 he returned to college to learn steam engineering and refrigeration. He earned an unlimited license in the state of California and immediately went to work as the head of engineering at St. Mary's Hospital in Apple Valley, California. He later joined the staff of Inter-Community Hospital in Covina, California and remained there until his retirement in 1969.
He attended the Brethren Church in Haxtun in his early years, later, he attended the Hope Country Church in Baldwin Park, California.
He was preceded in death by his daughter Helen in 1941, his son Clair Dean, in 1970, and a grandson, Andy Allen in 1978.
Survivors include his wife, Helen, of Baldwin Park, California; a son, Gene of Baldwin Park; a daughter, Marilyn Stephen Kruso of Alpine, California; two brothers, Delbert of Englewood, Colorado and Paul of Canon City, Colorado; and five grandchildren.
*Barker
Haxtun Herald, Haxtun, Colorado, 11 Aug 1983
Former Haxtun resident Donald Ebert Amack died recently in California. He was 79.
Born October 19, 1904 in Red Cloud, Nebraska, he moved with his family to Haxtun in 1911 at the age of 7. He married Helen M. Baker* in Haxtun on April 5, 1931.
In 1940, the Amacks moved to California where he built houses. During World War II he worked in the shipyards and during the Korean War he supervised manufacturing at U.S. Propellers.
After the war he returned to the construction industry, supervising the construction of more than 2000 homes.
Congestive heart failure caused him to leave the rigorous building industry and in 1957 he returned to college to learn steam engineering and refrigeration. He earned an unlimited license in the state of California and immediately went to work as the head of engineering at St. Mary's Hospital in Apple Valley, California. He later joined the staff of Inter-Community Hospital in Covina, California and remained there until his retirement in 1969.
He attended the Brethren Church in Haxtun in his early years, later, he attended the Hope Country Church in Baldwin Park, California.
He was preceded in death by his daughter Helen in 1941, his son Clair Dean, in 1970, and a grandson, Andy Allen in 1978.
Survivors include his wife, Helen, of Baldwin Park, California; a son, Gene of Baldwin Park; a daughter, Marilyn Stephen Kruso of Alpine, California; two brothers, Delbert of Englewood, Colorado and Paul of Canon City, Colorado; and five grandchildren.
*Barker
Former Haxtun resident Donald Ebert Amack died recently in California. He was 79.
Born October 19, 1904 in Red Cloud, Nebraska, he moved with his family to Haxtun in 1911 at the age of 7. He married Helen M. Baker* in Haxtun on April 5, 1931.
In 1940, the Amacks moved to California where he built houses. During World War II he worked in the shipyards and during the Korean War he supervised manufacturing at U.S. Propellers.
After the war he returned to the construction industry, supervising the construction of more than 2000 homes.
Congestive heart failure caused him to leave the rigorous building industry and in 1957 he returned to college to learn steam engineering and refrigeration. He earned an unlimited license in the state of California and immediately went to work as the head of engineering at St. Mary's Hospital in Apple Valley, California. He later joined the staff of Inter-Community Hospital in Covina, California and remained there until his retirement in 1969.
He attended the Brethren Church in Haxtun in his early years, later, he attended the Hope Country Church in Baldwin Park, California.
He was preceded in death by his daughter Helen in 1941, his son Clair Dean, in 1970, and a grandson, Andy Allen in 1978.
Survivors include his wife, Helen, of Baldwin Park, California; a son, Gene of Baldwin Park; a daughter, Marilyn Stephen Kruso of Alpine, California; two brothers, Delbert of Englewood, Colorado and Paul of Canon City, Colorado; and five grandchildren.
*Barker
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