FOSSEY, Donald Edward 1921-2002

FOSSEY, DENNESON, HAUGEN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/2/2010 at 12:05:00

Donald Edward Fossey, 80

Donald E. Fossey, 80, of Modesto, Calif. died Monday, Jan. 14, 2002, at Memorial Hospital.

He was born in Mitchell County, Iowa and was raised on a farm. In 1942, he entered the Navy. He served in World War II and received two purple hearts.

In 1946, he married Rosemary Denneson of Austin. They were married 49 years.

He worked for Walman Optical Co. in Austin, Grand Forks, N.D. and Watertown, S.D. where he was manager for 35 years. After retiring they moved to Modesto, Calif. in 1984. Rosemary died in 1994.

Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, Cynthia and Wayne Geiger, Honolulu, Hawaii; Connie and Keith Bacon, Bend, Ore.; four grandchildren; sister, Elizabeth Perau, St. Ansgar, Iowa.

Service: 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, at Shelter Cove Community Church.

Funeral Home: Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel, Modesto, California.

Memorials: To American Diabetes Association.

Austin Daily Herald, Wed., January 16, 2002

NOTE: Donald was born on 25 APR 1921, in Otranto township, Mitchell county, Iowa. Son of Edward Lewis Fossey and Ella Borgine Haugen Fossey.