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Donald Louis MacDiarmid was said to be a sickly baby who required more attention than his overwhelmed mother could provide. He was given to his mother's childless sister shortly after his birth and both lived on the same property as an extended part of the family. She was only known as "Auntie" but she was his mother. He was a small man, 5'5" 135 lbs, blonde hair and blue-eyed and once owned several N Dakota track records. He had a stutter in his youth that he overcame by speaking slow and deliberately. He was kind and humble, using his words to inspire deep thought in others. People liked and respected him.
Around 1939 he went to a town dance and ran into an old childhood aquaintance named Hildegard Sitz. They married a year later, both rather old at 28 years old. At 29 Donald joined the US army and arrived in Europe on D-Day+2. He was assigned to a seabee construction unit and made his way to Paris. Then he was sent to the Ardennes to build pontoon bridges, where he was attacked during the first hours of the battle of the bulge. He was constructing a bridge when the Germans attacked it. Donald won a bronze star that day when he carried 3 wounded off that bridge, under fire and one at a time. After the bulge he marched through Luxemburg, Belgium, and as far as the Sarr before he was evacuated to a hospital for trench foot and dysentery. Most of his upper intestine was removed to save his life and he was still in the hospital when the war ended.
Upon his return to the States he worked on the family farm and by 1950 had inherited 1100 acres of it. In 1952 he gave the farm to his younger brother but kept the mineral rights and moved to Stevensville MT w/his wife, 3 children and "Auntie". During this time he worked at a nearby gypsum mine and traveled the country working on huge infrastructure projects. In 1959 he sold the farm in Stevensville and moved to California. Between 1959 and 1964 he became a grandparent 8 times. He worked as a Union millwright until his retirement and did everything he could to help his children find success. He had a dehabilitating heart attack in 1976 while helping his son stack a roof and was forced into full retirement. His later years were filled photography and dark-room developing,.. and concern for his grandkids welfare. I wish I could say his latter years were peaceful but they were not. His children adopted the most extreme aspects of the 1960's California cultural revolutions and were in constant strife. He left his entire estate to his grandkids with his wife in agreement. Whenever I hear references to the "Great Generation" I think of him and my grandmother.
Donald L Macdiarmid was born on October 30, 1911, and died at age 74 years old on March 6, 1986. Donald Macdiarmid was buried at San Francisco National Cemetery
Section PPNA Site 65-B 1 Lincoln Blvd - Presidio Of San Francisco, in San Francisco, Ca. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Donald L Macdiarmid.
Donald Macdiarmid of San Diego, San Diego County, California was born on February 28, 1906, and died at age 74 years old in November 1980.
Donald Macdiarmid of Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma was born on October 9, 1912, and died at age 70 years old in July 1983.
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Agnes MacDiarmid
Aj Macdiarmid (Mar 13, 1904 - Jan 1973)
Alan MacDiarmid
Albert Macdiarmid (Dec 5, 1888 - Feb 1974)
Alex Macdiarmid (Jun 14, 1916 - Aug 17, 2003)
Alzora Macdiarmid (Apr 21, 1887 - Feb 1983)
Andrew Macdiarmid (Jul 1, 1903 - Apr 9, 1991)
Angus Macdiarmid (Dec 23, 1900 - Nov 1967)
Ann Macdiarmid (Jan 16, 1906 - Apr 26, 2011)
Archibald Macdiarmid (May 5, 1883 - May 1973)
Arlene MacDiarmid
Bessie MacDiarmid
Beulah Macdiarmid (Mar 9, 1908 - Apr 9, 1995)
Brian Macdiarmid (Feb 9, 1955 - Aug 14, 1999)
Cameron Macdiarmid (Sep 22, 1915 - Sep 7, 1981)
Catherine Macdiarmid (May 15, 1886 - Jan 1976)
Chester Macdiarmid (Jul 18, 1913 - Jul 1974)
Clara Macdiarmid (Jun 27, 1902 - Sep 1985)
Clarence Macdiarmid (May 14, 1896 - Mar 1966)
Clementin Macdiarmid (May 17, 1914 - Oct 23, 2006)
Clifford Macdiarmid (Feb 3, 1917 - Feb 1, 1992)
Colin MacDiarmid
David Macdiarmid (May 6, 1942 - Feb 15, 2011)
Donald MacDiarmid
Doris MacDiarmid
Dorothea Macdiarmid (Oct 5, 1915 - Feb 15, 1997)
Dorothy Macdiarmid (Jan 4, 1913 - Jun 1990)
Douglas Macdiarmid (Oct 24, 1917 - Feb 25, 1996)
Duncan Macdiarmid (Apr 7, 1903 - Jan 1967)
Edith MacDiarmid
Edmond Macdiarmid (Feb 17, 1891 - Nov 1976)
Edmund Macdiarmid (Jul 17, 1920 - Jan 1962)
Edna MacDiarmid
Elizabeth Macdiarmid (Jan 30, 1909 - Sep 1985)
Ellen Macdiarmid (Aug 2, 1918 - Jan 18, 2002)
Elmeretta Macdiarmid (Aug 5, 1900 - Sep 11, 1991)
Ethel Macdiarmid (Nov 21, 1910 - May 26, 2002)
Eugene Macdiarmid (Apr 26, 1938 - Mar 29, 2009)
E Vera Macdiarmid (May 3, 1917 - Dec 2, 1991)
Fred Macdiarmid (Apr 21, 1887 - Sep 1976)
Fredderick Macdiarmid (Jun 27, 1932 - Jan 31, 2006)
George Macdiarmid (May 8, 1911 - Jun 1975)
Georgina Macdiarmid (Mar 19, 1911 - Dec 1992)
Gerald Macdiarmid (Sep 20, 1932 - Aug 1977)
Gladys Macdiarmid (Oct 23, 1915 - Oct 7, 2005)
Grace Macdiarmid (Nov 9, 1919 - May 19, 1995)
Harold MacDiarmid
Helen MacDiarmid
Herbert MacDiarmid
Hidegard Macdiarmid (Sep 26, 1911 - Nov 24, 1997)
Hildegard Macdiarmid (Sep 28, 1911 - Nov 24, 1997)
Homer Macdiarmid (Jul 3, 1931 - Sep 29, 2010)
Hugh MacDiarmid
Ian MacDiarmid
James MacDiarmid
Jane Macdiarmid (Feb 8, 1905 - Nov 1984)
Jean Macdiarmid (Dec 14, 1927 - Apr 6, 2007)
John MacDiarmid
Joseph MacDiarmid
Kathryn Macdiarmid (Apr 19, 1916 - Nov 1978)
Ken Macdiarmid (Mar 23, 1953 - Apr 11, 2007)
Keneeth Macdiarmid (Feb 7, 1925 - Feb 14, 2007)
Kenneth MacDiarmid
Lena Macdiarmid (Dec 11, 1913 - May 15, 2011)
Leon Macdiarmid (Jan 22, 1919 - Sep 15, 2008)
Leslie Macdiarmid (Aug 2, 1917 - Jun 23, 2008)
Lila Macdiarmid (Nov 12, 1906 - Jan 1974)
Lorraine Macdiarmid (Sep 4, 1913 - Oct 1984)
Malcolm Macdiarmid (Dec 6, 1915 - May 1977)
Margaret MacDiarmid
Marion MacDiarmid
Marshall Macdiarmid (Sep 22, 1901 - Jan 1944)
Martin Macdiarmid (Feb 7, 1913 - May 1971)
Mary MacDiarmid
Meta Macdiarmid (Dec 6, 1887 - Dec 22, 1991)
Neil MacDiarmid
Nellie Macdiarmid (Jul 26, 1899 - Nov 1985)
Norman Macdiarmid (Jan 5, 1935 - Jun 12, 2008)
Orval Macdiarmid (Jun 5, 1921 - Jun 17, 1999)
Paul Macdiarmid (Mar 5, 1955 - Nov 26, 1994)
Pauline Macdiarmid (Jun 2, 1911 - Aug 12, 2003)
Philip Macdiarmid (Nov 19, 1905 - Jun 1975)
Polly Macdiarmid (Sep 25, 1929 - Mar 2, 2011)
Preston MacDiarmid
Ray Macdiarmid (Jan 8, 1901 - Jun 7, 1994)
Raymond MacDiarmid
Richard MacDiarmid
Robert MacDiarmid
Ronald MacDiarmid
Roy Macdiarmid (Aug 15, 1933 - May 1966)
Ruth MacDiarmid
Scott Macdiarmid (Apr 1, 1952 - Dec 24, 2009)
Shawn Macdiarmid (Feb 26, 1954 - May 16, 1996)
Sheila Macdiarmid (Sep 7, 1962 - Oct 23, 2004)
Stephen Macdiarmid (Aug 28, 1955 - Jun 1977)
Theresa Macdiarmid (Jul 16, 1926 - Mar 1982)
Virginia MacDiarmid
Warren Macdiarmid (Aug 31, 1941 - Jul 12, 2010)
William MacDiarmid