Donald Dell Whiteman

Donald Dell Whiteman was a true son of Montana. He was born March 3, 1944 in Sidney, Montana to Fredrick and Elva Whiteman. He, along with his sister Rita, was raised on the farm that was homesteaded by his grandparents. He graduated from Richey High School.

After high school, he studied TV Repair in Denver at the Emily Griffith School. He sold Kitchen Clean Pots & Pans to pay for school. He returned to Richey where he started Don's TV Repair and worked at the local TV studio in Sidney, MT. In December 1966 he went to work for a fledgling company called Western Telecommunications Inc. which eventually became AT&T Broadband. Don was a pioneer, introducing cable television to rural areas. Don held many positions, one of his favorite was launching satellites, and he traveled extensively - including the Middle East. Don moved his family to Denver in the 1970's and retired in 2004 as a senior executive from AT&T.

Don married Brenda Cherry in 1986, and they lived in Denver until they retired and moved to Comfort, Texas in 2005. He was active in the community, loaning from his antique car collection for the 4thof July and Christmas parades, and helping out at church functions (regardless of the denomination). He was always the first to volunteer, no matter what the task, and his famous giggle will be missed.

He loved carpentry, antique cars and tractors, tending the fig orchard and playing games, especially Dominos and Risk.

Don is survived by his wife Brenda. His two sons, Scott (Bridget) and Darin, sons of Barbara Brantz, from Denver, his daughter Tamra Ratner (Paul) from San Antonio; three grandsons, Andrew, Matthew, and Ethan, one granddaughter Rela, his sister, Rita, from San Francisco and his nephew Fredrick.

MEMORIAL SERVICE

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

6:00 P.M.

PORTER LORING MORTUARY NORTH

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