1947
Donald
2008
Donald Stoddard
January 22, 1947 — September 30, 2008
NORTH JACKSON Memorial services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Austintown Chapel for Donald Lloyd Stoddard, 61, formerly of Whitney Ave. in Youngstown, passed away suddenly Tuesday
morning at St. Elizabeth Health Center¹s emergency room, of an apparent heart attack he suffered at work.
Donald was born Jan. 22, 1947 in Ft. Bragg, N.C., the son of Chester and Florence Garrett Stoddard.
Donald attended Struthers High School and later graduated from Union Area High School in New Castle, Pa. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and served in
the Vietnam War. He worked for Coca Cola for almost 30 years as a service technician and was
a member of Teamsters Local No. 377. He was a Hamm radio operator and frequent officer of the Youngstown 20/9 Amateur Radio Club. He also was an amateur genealogist and enjoyed traveling and collecting information for his
family tree and loved to relax by attending yard sales with his wife.
He will always be remembered as the family peacemaker and loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren.
Donald leaves his wife, the former Deloris Davis Shoulders, whom he married July 7, 1996; seven daughters, Lynda Phil Pratt of Kissimmee, Fla., Jennifer Larry Brewster of Youngstown, Melissa Stoddard of
Austintown, Lisa Gary Bryner of Trenton, Ohio, Dixie Shoulders of
Youngstown, Doris Jean Clemons of San Diego, and Anita Clemons of Kissimmee; three sons, Michael Stoddard of Kissimmee, Joe Dee Shoulders of Rocky Point, N.C. and Edgar Barb Shoulders of Trenton, N.J.; six sisters,
Cheryll Roy Gibson of North Jackson, Joyce Harry Fox of Lake Milton, Dorothy Larry Exline, Della Stoddard, Georgia Fred George, and Audrey
Stoddard, all of New Castle; four brothers, Harry Laurie Kavanaugh of Goodyear, Ariz., Gary Stoddard of Youngstown, Kenneth Donna Stoddard of
Wampum, Pa., and Edward Jodi Stoddard of New Castle; a stepbrother, Thomas Gibson of Newton Falls; 25 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Donald was preceded in death by his parents; and two sisters, Maggie McQueen and Mildred Stoddard.
Friends may call Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
morning at St. Elizabeth Health Center¹s emergency room, of an apparent heart attack he suffered at work.
Donald was born Jan. 22, 1947 in Ft. Bragg, N.C., the son of Chester and Florence Garrett Stoddard.
Donald attended Struthers High School and later graduated from Union Area High School in New Castle, Pa. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and served in
the Vietnam War. He worked for Coca Cola for almost 30 years as a service technician and was
a member of Teamsters Local No. 377. He was a Hamm radio operator and frequent officer of the Youngstown 20/9 Amateur Radio Club. He also was an amateur genealogist and enjoyed traveling and collecting information for his
family tree and loved to relax by attending yard sales with his wife.
He will always be remembered as the family peacemaker and loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren.
Donald leaves his wife, the former Deloris Davis Shoulders, whom he married July 7, 1996; seven daughters, Lynda Phil Pratt of Kissimmee, Fla., Jennifer Larry Brewster of Youngstown, Melissa Stoddard of
Austintown, Lisa Gary Bryner of Trenton, Ohio, Dixie Shoulders of
Youngstown, Doris Jean Clemons of San Diego, and Anita Clemons of Kissimmee; three sons, Michael Stoddard of Kissimmee, Joe Dee Shoulders of Rocky Point, N.C. and Edgar Barb Shoulders of Trenton, N.J.; six sisters,
Cheryll Roy Gibson of North Jackson, Joyce Harry Fox of Lake Milton, Dorothy Larry Exline, Della Stoddard, Georgia Fred George, and Audrey
Stoddard, all of New Castle; four brothers, Harry Laurie Kavanaugh of Goodyear, Ariz., Gary Stoddard of Youngstown, Kenneth Donna Stoddard of
Wampum, Pa., and Edward Jodi Stoddard of New Castle; a stepbrother, Thomas Gibson of Newton Falls; 25 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Donald was preceded in death by his parents; and two sisters, Maggie McQueen and Mildred Stoddard.
Friends may call Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
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