Douglas Wilson Inglish

Doug spent his early years in Tyler, Texas. When his family moved to San Antonio, he attended Alamo Heights, graduating in 1954.

He received a BA degree from the University of Texas followed by graduate studies in Law, Diplomatic History and International Economics at American University. He lived in Washington, D.C., and McLean, Virginia from 1961 until 1981, where he worked in the Republican Party and U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Organization Affairs.

He was an Administrative Officer of the Navy and Special Assistant to Senator John Warner, then Secretary of the Navy. Doug was a real estate investor/developer in Loudoun County, Virginia, as well as in San Antonio.

He was a true original throughout the many layers of his life - poet, artist, author, raconteur, humorist, bibliophile and always, a zealous Republican.

He leaves a legacy of sharp wit colored by a slightly eccentric take on life. We will recall with laughter and happy tears the Doug stories that have accumulated through the years, and will remember the many times he would entertain assembled guests with a full recitation from memory of various Robert Service poems.

He was a devoted father, a good friend and mentor, and will be dearly missed by his friends and family.

He was a member of the Dervish Club, The Argyle, Phi Delta Theta, The Order of the Alamo, and The Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C.

He is survived by his wife, Claire Gillespie Inglish, and by his four children, David Winston Inglish and wife Dawn, Douglas Dwight Inglish, James Vance Inglish, and Mary Claire Inglish, as well as his step-daughter, Patricia Anne Sinclair. He is also survived by his sister Honey Shepperd and her husband Al, nephew John Shepperd and his wife Kim, niece Kathryn Martinez and her husband Jake, two grandchildren, Harriet Susan Inglish and Elke Helena Inglish - daughters of David and Dawn Inglish, his aunt Ruth Hale Buchanan, and his cousins Wiley T. Buchanan III, Bonnie Buchanan Matheson, Dede Buchanan Wilsey, Charles Buchanan Tennison, and Janie Raine.

The family is grateful for the excellent care provided by the staff at Colonial Gardens, and by Alamo Hospice.

We would also like to express our gratitude to Louis Retault and Juan Martinez for the many hours of kind attention given to Doug through the years of his illness.

MEMORIAL SERVICE

THURSDAY

DECEMBER 1, 2011

2:30 P.M.

CHRIST EPISCOPAL

CHURCH

510 BELKNAP PLACE

Interment will be private for the family.

Honorary Pallbearers: Wiley T. Buchanan III, Vance Burke, Carl Embrey, Willis Johnson, Lee Kidd, Gibbs MacDaniel, John Matthews, Pierce "Bud" McGrath, Joe Kennedy, Whip Newell, Ed Olmstead, Jimmy Satel, Bill Schmidt, Al Shepperd, John Shepperd and Bucky Tennison.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Humane Society of San Antonio, 4804 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, TX, 78229; to the Lewy Body Dementia Association, Inc., 912 Killian Hill Road S.W., Lilburn, GA 30047 or the charity of your choice.