[List] Obituary: Don Wilson

[Cecil Stokes]

  DONALD WILSON OBITUARY

Donald Glinn Wilson October 10, 1934 - December 6, 2022

Donald Glinn Wilson, 88, of Huntsville passed away Monday.

Don was born in 1934 to Glinn and Lillian Grant Wilson in Dora, AL. He 
attended Dora High School where he played both football and basketball. 
He was married to Aline Wilkie, of Sumiton, AL from 1953-1967 and they 
had a daughter, Jana Wilson Capello.

He married Dorothy "Patti" Thorpe in 1981 and they recently celebrated 
their 41st anniversary.

He received a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University 
in 1958 and was a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of 
Alabama. Upon graduation from Auburn, he accepted a job with *Thiokol 
Corp.* on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. He worked 15 years in the 
Thiokol Rocket Engineering Department before accepting a position as New 
Business Manager and later Director of Marketing at Thiokol.

He retired in 1995 after 37 years with Thiokol and had lived in 
Huntsville from Auburn graduation to the present time. Don attended 
Trinity Methodist Church in Huntsville and was a VP and Board Member of 
the Association of the US Army (AUSA) for many years. He served on the 
Board of the Thiokol/Huntsville Division Alumni Association for many years.

Survivors include his wife Dorothy "Patti" Wilson; daughter, Jana 
Capello of Birmingham; sister, Judy Martin (Lewis) of Essex Junction, VT 
and Green Valley AZ; brother, Steve Wilson (Pamela) of Lake Charles, LA; 
many nieces, nephews, cousins and close friends. He was preceded in 
death by his parents of Dora, AL and Essex Junction, VT.

Service arrangements will be announced. In lieu of flowers, memorials 
may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church.

Published by The Huntsville Times from Dec. 7 to Dec. 11, 202
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