Donald Ralph Harter, 92, of Manistee, died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, at West Shore Medical Center.
He was born on Dec. 11, 1923, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of the late Ralph George AND Irene Elizabeth (Johnson) Harter.
He received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Detroit. He served in the Merchant Marine during World War II and attended the King’s Point Merchant Marine Academy, graduating on Nov. 14, 1944. He then entered the U.S. Navy and served aboard numerous Merchant Marine & Naval vessels, including submarines in the states and worldwide for 20 years.
He married Barbara Ann Piotrowski on Feb. 9, 1952, at the Gesu Church in Detroit.
Don was employed in the sales division for Vickers Hydraulics for 28 years working in various cities including Detroit. During part of that time he served as president of the Fluid Power Society.
He was a communicant of Divine Mercy Parish and had attended Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Manistee, a member of the Manistee Golf & Country Club, Manistee Elks, Manistee Moose Lodge, West Michigan Amateur Radio Club and the Catholic War Veterans, where he was active in the placement of the American flag on veteran’s graves.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Barbara Ann Harter, of Manistee; four children, Donald R. Harter Jr., of Gainsville, Fla., Mary Katherine Harter (James Sigman), of Manistee, Richard J. (Linda) Harter, of Leonard, Mich., and Jacqueline Keen (Michael Harloff), of Manistee; one granddaughter, Danielle N. Keen, of Sarasota, Fla., and one sister, Rita McGinnis, of Florida.
He was also preceded in death by a grandson, Michael Alan Keen; and a brother, Richard L. Harter.
Mass from the Order of Christian funerals will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, at Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Manistee. Interment will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
He was born on Dec. 11, 1923, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of the late Ralph George AND Irene Elizabeth (Johnson) Harter.
He received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Detroit. He served in the Merchant Marine during World War II and attended the King’s Point Merchant Marine Academy, graduating on Nov. 14, 1944. He then entered the U.S. Navy and served aboard numerous Merchant Marine & Naval vessels, including submarines in the states and worldwide for 20 years.
He married Barbara Ann Piotrowski on Feb. 9, 1952, at the Gesu Church in Detroit.
Don was employed in the sales division for Vickers Hydraulics for 28 years working in various cities including Detroit. During part of that time he served as president of the Fluid Power Society.
He was a communicant of Divine Mercy Parish and had attended Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Manistee, a member of the Manistee Golf & Country Club, Manistee Elks, Manistee Moose Lodge, West Michigan Amateur Radio Club and the Catholic War Veterans, where he was active in the placement of the American flag on veteran’s graves.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Barbara Ann Harter, of Manistee; four children, Donald R. Harter Jr., of Gainsville, Fla., Mary Katherine Harter (James Sigman), of Manistee, Richard J. (Linda) Harter, of Leonard, Mich., and Jacqueline Keen (Michael Harloff), of Manistee; one granddaughter, Danielle N. Keen, of Sarasota, Fla., and one sister, Rita McGinnis, of Florida.
He was also preceded in death by a grandson, Michael Alan Keen; and a brother, Richard L. Harter.
Mass from the Order of Christian funerals will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, at Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Manistee. Interment will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Donald Ralph Harter, 92, of Manistee, died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, at West Shore Medical Center.
He was born on Dec. 11, 1923, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of the late Ralph George AND Irene Elizabeth (Johnson) Harter.
He received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Detroit. He served in the Merchant Marine during World War II and attended the King’s Point Merchant Marine Academy, graduating on Nov. 14, 1944. He then entered the U.S. Navy and served aboard numerous Merchant Marine & Naval vessels, including submarines in the states and worldwide for 20 years.
He married Barbara Ann Piotrowski on Feb. 9, 1952, at the Gesu Church in Detroit.
Don was employed in the sales division for Vickers Hydraulics for 28 years working in various cities including Detroit. During part of that time he served as president of the Fluid Power Society.
He was a communicant of Divine Mercy Parish and had attended Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Manistee, a member of the Manistee Golf & Country Club, Manistee Elks, Manistee Moose Lodge, West Michigan Amateur Radio Club and the Catholic War Veterans, where he was active in the placement of the American flag on veteran’s graves.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Barbara Ann Harter, of Manistee; four children, Donald R. Harter Jr., of Gainsville, Fla., Mary Katherine Harter (James Sigman), of Manistee, Richard J. (Linda) Harter, of Leonard, Mich., and Jacqueline Keen (Michael Harloff), of Manistee; one granddaughter, Danielle N. Keen, of Sarasota, Fla., and one sister, Rita McGinnis, of Florida.
He was also preceded in death by a grandson, Michael Alan Keen; and a brother, Richard L. Harter.
Mass from the Order of Christian funerals will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, at Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Manistee. Interment will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
He was born on Dec. 11, 1923, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of the late Ralph George AND Irene Elizabeth (Johnson) Harter.
He received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Detroit. He served in the Merchant Marine during World War II and attended the King’s Point Merchant Marine Academy, graduating on Nov. 14, 1944. He then entered the U.S. Navy and served aboard numerous Merchant Marine & Naval vessels, including submarines in the states and worldwide for 20 years.
He married Barbara Ann Piotrowski on Feb. 9, 1952, at the Gesu Church in Detroit.
Don was employed in the sales division for Vickers Hydraulics for 28 years working in various cities including Detroit. During part of that time he served as president of the Fluid Power Society.
He was a communicant of Divine Mercy Parish and had attended Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Manistee, a member of the Manistee Golf & Country Club, Manistee Elks, Manistee Moose Lodge, West Michigan Amateur Radio Club and the Catholic War Veterans, where he was active in the placement of the American flag on veteran’s graves.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Barbara Ann Harter, of Manistee; four children, Donald R. Harter Jr., of Gainsville, Fla., Mary Katherine Harter (James Sigman), of Manistee, Richard J. (Linda) Harter, of Leonard, Mich., and Jacqueline Keen (Michael Harloff), of Manistee; one granddaughter, Danielle N. Keen, of Sarasota, Fla., and one sister, Rita McGinnis, of Florida.
He was also preceded in death by a grandson, Michael Alan Keen; and a brother, Richard L. Harter.
Mass from the Order of Christian funerals will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, at Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Manistee. Interment will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
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