Donald F. DiRienzo

Donald F. DiRienzo

UINTAH a€" Donald Francis DiRienzo passed from this world on Sunday, November 28, 2010, surrounded by his loving family. The cause of death was a pulmonary embolism.

He was born January 24, 1929, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Michael C. and Lillian Moran DiRienzo.

In 1948, Don married LuDean Dover. They had four daughters. They were later divorced.

In 1964, he married Margaret Lindner. They had a wonderful life traveling the world together.

He proudly served with the U.S. Navy from 1946 to 1965.

He worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C., until 1993, when he retired and moved to Utah.

Don was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend. Always an exemplary gentleman, he will be remembered for his outgoing, cheerful personality, his eternal optimism, his "can-do" attitude and his bravery facing the physical challenges brought on later in life by Parkinson''s disease.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret, his four daughters, Elizabeth (Lindey) Misner, Colorado Springs, CO; Donna (Dee) Manning, West Point, UT; Linda (Steve) Westbroek, South Weber, UT; and Sharon (Rodney) Mills, West Point, UT; 12 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

Don, we wish you fair winds and following seas.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Lindquist''s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd.

Family will greet friends at the mortuary on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Friday 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.

Interment, Lindquist''s Washington Heights Memorial Park, 4500 Washington Blvd.

Email condolences to the family at: www.lindquistmortuary.com