Individual Details
Donal I. MEDLEY
(11 Nov 1915 - 20 Dec 2004)
Southeast Missourian - (Dec/21/2004)
Donal Medley
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Retired Army Lt. Col. Donal I. Medley, 89, of Cape Girardeau diedMonday, Dec. 20, 2004, at Saint Francis Medical Center.
He was born Nov. 11, 1915, in Terre Haute, Ind., son of John I. andFern Clark Medley. He and Maxine Powell were married Aug. 29, 1969, inCape Girardeau. She died Jan. 2, 2000.
Mr. Medley went to work at an early age to support his family.
He joined the Indiana National Guard prior to World War II and servedin the U.S. Army for the next 27 years. He served in Belgium duringthe Battle of the Bulge and in the Army of Occupation after World WarII. After serving in Taiwan and Korea, Don was transferred to CapeGirardeau to work with the local National Guard. He retired from theregular Army in 1962.
In Cape Girardeau Donal continued to serve others as director of theSheltered Workshop for the handicapped on Good Hope Street. Severalyears later he helped open and direct the United Cerebral PalsyCenter. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Linda Campbell of Gulf Shores, Ala.; twostepsons, Lt. Col. Mark P. Wyrosdick of Toano, Va., Paul Masterson ofLafayette, La.; eight grandchildren, Kristie, Jovanna, Margaret, Mark,Mitchell, Stacy, Paul and Susan; and five great-grandchildren, Greer,Kendall, Drake, Nately and Austin.
He was preceded in death by three sisters, Alice, Naomi and Elsie; abrother, John; and wives, Juanita, Fern and Maxine.
Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home from 4 to8 p.m. today.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with theRev. Mike Shupert officiating. Entombment will be in Cape CountyMemorial Park Mausoleum.
Donal Medley
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Retired Army Lt. Col. Donal I. Medley, 89, of Cape Girardeau diedMonday, Dec. 20, 2004, at Saint Francis Medical Center.
He was born Nov. 11, 1915, in Terre Haute, Ind., son of John I. andFern Clark Medley. He and Maxine Powell were married Aug. 29, 1969, inCape Girardeau. She died Jan. 2, 2000.
Mr. Medley went to work at an early age to support his family.
He joined the Indiana National Guard prior to World War II and servedin the U.S. Army for the next 27 years. He served in Belgium duringthe Battle of the Bulge and in the Army of Occupation after World WarII. After serving in Taiwan and Korea, Don was transferred to CapeGirardeau to work with the local National Guard. He retired from theregular Army in 1962.
In Cape Girardeau Donal continued to serve others as director of theSheltered Workshop for the handicapped on Good Hope Street. Severalyears later he helped open and direct the United Cerebral PalsyCenter. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Linda Campbell of Gulf Shores, Ala.; twostepsons, Lt. Col. Mark P. Wyrosdick of Toano, Va., Paul Masterson ofLafayette, La.; eight grandchildren, Kristie, Jovanna, Margaret, Mark,Mitchell, Stacy, Paul and Susan; and five great-grandchildren, Greer,Kendall, Drake, Nately and Austin.
He was preceded in death by three sisters, Alice, Naomi and Elsie; abrother, John; and wives, Juanita, Fern and Maxine.
Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home from 4 to8 p.m. today.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with theRev. Mike Shupert officiating. Entombment will be in Cape CountyMemorial Park Mausoleum.
Events
| Birth | 11 Nov 1915 | Terra Haute, Vigo Co., IN | |||
| Marriage | Jan 1940 | Living | |||
| Death | 20 Dec 2004 | ||||
| Reference No | 10890 |