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Donald Otto SMITH

Male 1924 - 1978  (54 years)


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  • Name Donald Otto SMITH 
    Birth 29 Jun 1924  Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Minneapolis General Hospital
    Gender Male 
    MN Birth Cert Checked
    Minnesota Birth Certificate 1924-43774 
    Death 25 Aug 1978  Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Section T, Site 3092
    Notes 
    • His middle name may originally have been Oscar although the birth records show it as Otto. His mother had a brother named Otto.

      He registered for the draft on June 30, 1942, as Donald Otto Smith. Mel and Verona and sons lived at 9417 Nicollet Avenue in Bloomington.

      He was single and without dependents when he enlisted at Fort Snelling on 12 Dec 1942 in the Army Air Corps. His burial record at Fort Snelling says that Don was a Corporal in the U.S. Army in World War II.

      In the 1950 census, he was living with his brother and parent in Bloomington. He worked for a newspaper as a field executive.

      He lived at 9943 Wentworth Avenue in Bloomington at the time of his marriage to Marge Anderson.

      His address was 8506 Clinton at the time his daughter was born.

      He and Marge were living at 8506 Clinton Avenue at the time of Bess’s death.

      His obit said that he lived at 512 S. Third Avenue in Wausau, was the owner of the Marjon Motel in Wausau, and that he was “found dead” at the Downtown Motel.
    Person ID I610  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 6 May 2022 

    Father Melvin A SMITH,   b. 7 Jan 1903, Douglas County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1972, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Verona Hertha Minnie EGGERT,   b. 16 Aug 1905, Mapleton, Blue Earth County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1974, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 25 Feb 1924  Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F354  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret (Marge) Virginia ANDERSON,   b. 22 May 1926, Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 2003, Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 4 Apr 1953  Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F441  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2010