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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Donald Lee Savage I
Donald Lee
Savage I
November 13, 1934 – December 23, 2017
Donald Lee Savage I's Obituary
St. George, UT
– Donald Lee Savage I, age 83, was called to our Lord on December 23, 2017. He was born in Mt. Braddock, PA on November 13, 1934 to parents Basil and Alice Savage.
At age 17 he fell in love with Charlotte Jean Toth and they were married in Oakland, CA on February 5, 1955.
Donald spent his boyhood in Nemacolin, PA until he joined the Navy in 1951. He served, bravely, in active duty during the Korean conflict on board the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. He moved to Norwalk, CA with his young family in 1956 and worked in construction as an acoustical contractor until he retired at age 62 to his mountain home in Kanaraville, UT. After the tragic loss of his log home in 2012 from a forest fire, he and Charlotte moved to their first brand new home in St. George, UT.
He was an avid outdoorsman and loved to hunt and shoot trap and skeet. He took away many Gold Medals in the Cedar City Olympic Summer Games and went on to compete nationally in ATA Shoots.
Donald is survived by: his wife, Charlotte Jean, daughter, Jaylene Pysnik and son-in-law, Lee Pysnik of Diamond Bar, CA; son, Donald Lee Savage II of Washington, UT; granddaughter, Erin Diane Pysnik of Newport Beach, CA; grandsons: Michael Ryan Pysnik of Los Angeles, CA and Donald Lee Savage III of Fontana, CA; older sister, Wilma Jean Valarde of Conover, NC and younger brother, William Savage of Parowan, UT.
Private services were held on December 27, 2017 at the Southern Utah VA Home in Ivins, UT, where he and Charlotte resided in his last days.
In lieu of flowers, consider a donation to the American Heart Association, www.heart.org , or the American Lung Association, www.lung.org .
In lieu of flowers, consider a donation to the American Heart Association, www.heart.org , or the American Lung Association, www.lung.org .
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