Don Owens

Don Owens was born in Dallas, Texas to Paul and Ruby Owens on September 4, 1939. He died in his home in Bedford, Texas on July 1, 2018. He is survived by his wife Linda and his 4 children: Melinda Roberts, Greg Owens, Ladonna Cassey and Alan Smith; 8 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren.

As a young man of 18 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Germany driving supply trucks. On his return from the service, he worked in metal trades. He received his teaching certificate from Texas A&M and taught high school shop at LD bell High School for 11 years. After going on several short term mission trips to Honduras with his local church, he and his wife Linda were service missionaries in Honduras for one year. Upon arrival the water well and the generator were in need of repair. Because he could literally fix anything with almost nothing, he was the perfect fit on the mission compound. By the time he and his family left, everything was working. He loved the adventure of living in Honduras. After the mission field he was unable to find steady work for about 3 years, but he was still able to support his family by buying cars, fixing them and reselling. He worked at Lockheed Martin as an inspector for about the last 12 years of his working career.

His passion was creating and building. He was the most happy working on a part alone in the garage. He was a master builder. He built planes in his garage, no not model airplanes, but planes that he got in and flew. He built 3 planes in his lifetime. He loved flying his planes but he loved building them more. He would buy plans, order the materials and begin. Each part was a work of art, each part was precision made and remade if necessary. He and his wife Linda loved the beauty of nature and spent many happy times camped out at the state parks in Texas. Sitting by a fire, fishing, hiking or simply sitting and enjoying the fresh air were favorite pass times in retirement.

In the last few years of his life, his health began to fail and he suffered much pain. He was ready to leave his frail body and enter into a new life with Jesus. He will be missed.

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Don Owens was born in Dallas, Texas to Paul and Ruby Owens on September 4, 1939. He died in his home in Bedford, Texas on July 1, 2018. He is survived by his wife Linda and his 4 children: Melinda Roberts, Greg Owens, Ladonna Cassey and Alan Smith; 8 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren.

As a young man of 18 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Germany driving supply trucks. On his return from the service, he worked in metal trades. He received his teaching certificate from Texas A&M and taught high school shop at LD bell High School for 11 years. After going on several short term mission trips to Honduras with his local church, he and his wife Linda were service missionaries in Honduras for one year. Upon arrival the water well and the generator were in need of repair. Because he could literally fix anything with almost nothing, he was the perfect fit on the mission compound. By the time he and his family left, everything was working. He loved the adventure of living in Honduras. After the mission field he was unable to find steady work for about 3 years, but he was still able to support his family by buying cars, fixing them and reselling. He worked at Lockheed Martin as an inspector for about the last 12 years of his working career.

His passion was creating and building. He was the most happy working on a part alone in the garage. He was a master builder. He built planes in his garage, no not model airplanes, but planes that he got in and flew. He built 3 planes in his lifetime. He loved flying his planes but he loved building them more. He would buy plans, order the materials and begin. Each part was a work of art, each part was precision made and remade if necessary. He and his wife Linda loved the beauty of nature and spent many happy times camped out at the state parks in Texas. Sitting by a fire, fishing, hiking or simply sitting and enjoying the fresh air were favorite pass times in retirement.

In the last few years of his life, his health began to fail and he suffered much pain. He was ready to leave his frail body and enter into a new life with Jesus. He will be missed.