Obituary: Donald Brazinski

On Sunday, November 24th, 2019, Donald Brazinski, loving father of two children, passed away at the age of 88.

Donald was born on January 23rd, 1931 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to Frank and Mary Brazinski. He entered the Navy on March 10th, 1948, serving on the Destroyer Repair ship U.S.S Yosemite until March 9th, 1955 with the rank of Optical Man 2nd Class. Donald joined the Airforce on August 5th, 1955 retiring on August 1st, 1969. While on tour of duty in the United Kingdom Donald married Shirley Ann Mower on May 24th, 1961. Shirley and Donald had two children, Alison and Wayne.

Donald had a passion for helping others and took great enjoyment in volunteering, especially with the Inland Waterways Association (Suffolk, England) canal restoration team. Donald was also an accomplished writer and could always be found working on mechanical projects with cars, motorcycles and aircraft. For the last 6 years of his life Donald was an active member of the Experimental Aviation Association Chapter 461 (EAA 461) at Bolingbrook, Illinois Clow airport. During this time he volunteered for numerous youth activities and worked on a number of aircraft projects and was known to be a very kind, generous, and popular man.

Don was preceded in death by his father and mother, and wife Shirley. He is survived by his children Alison and Wayne, and four grandchildren Emilie, Ellie, Michael, and Tom.

A memorial service, with full Military Honors, will be held on Thursday, December 19th, at 2:30pm, at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois.