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<h1 color="gold" class="Heading-sc-4h3nqe-0 eqWMma">DONALD WILSON
OBITUARY</h1>
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size="5">Donald Glinn Wilson October 10, 1934 - December 6, 2022
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size="5">Donald Glinn Wilson, 88, of Huntsville passed away
Monday. <br>
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size="5">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. <br>
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size="5">He married Dorothy "Patti" Thorpe in 1981 and they
recently celebrated their 41st anniversary. <br>
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size="5">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 <b>Thiokol Corp.</b> 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. <br>
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size="5">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. <br>
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size="5">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. <br>
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size="5">Service arrangements will be announced. In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist
Church.</font><br>
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Published by The Huntsville Times from Dec. 7 to Dec. 11, 202
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