Don Isbell
(24 FEB 1930, 1 SEP 1990)
Don Isbell Eulogies
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C - 1
1st Row: Griggs, Page, Sietman, Hayes, Negaard, Bates, Maurer
2nd Row: Giza, Murphy, Staudaher
3rd Row: Fleeger, Isbell, Charlie Johnson
4th Row: Fred Phillips (CO), Domeck, Sloan, Samos
5th Row: Viney, Ceglowski Armour, Passafiume, Humphrey, Lozier, McClelland (Absent: Norvell)
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Howitzer Entry Warwick Virginia, Qualified Competitor, C-1 Although he is still an apprentice in the club, Don seems to be another C-1 convert to science fiction. It beats studying, but our boy from Virginia still spends plenty of time studying. You see, he comes from a naval background. He’s sure he made the right choice, as long as he hears from Virginia. Camera Club 2-1; Debate Council 2; Golf Club 3-2; Sailing Club 3-2; spanish Colub 4-3-2-1; Sergeant 1. Register Entry B-FL 24 February 1930); A-Lge; Inf; Died Newport News VA Sept 1990). Don Isbell was a very pleasant, and very private, person. I met him through his brother Charlie who graduated from The Naval Academy. Don and his first wife Pat, and my wife Pat and I went to the beach together in North Carolina. On another occasion, we were out together in a restaurant in Yorktown, Virginia, when Don had a seizure due to his having eaten a food he was allergic to. The emergency crew took him to the hospital where he had a near-death experience. We joined him there as he recovered. Later, we went our separate ways, and we lost touch with each other. Don did make a visit to us when we lived in Washington, DC, but we never saw him again. Don was a very pleasant person with a good sense of humor. He was a good father. Anyone who knew him really well liked him. We miss him. James H. Ryan (MAY 5 (1999) |
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