- Date Of Birth: August 6, 1940
- Date Of Death: May 6, 2009
- State: Indiana
Donald Lee McDevitt, 68, of Crawfordsville, passed away Wednesday morning at St. Clare Medical Center.
He was born on Aug. 9, 1940 in Danville, Ill., to Victor and Mildred Nor but. He married MaryAnn Katter in Holland on Dec. 23, 1965.Don was a 1958 graduate of Crawfordsville High School. He attended Wabash Collège, New Mexico Western University and he was a graduate of Oakland City University. He served in the U.S. Army for three years where he received the honored distinction of being selected to play on a German National Basketball Team stationed in Mannheim, Germany.
He had been the accountant and interim manager of the Crawfordsville Electric Light and Power Company before devoting most of his career to the banking industry. He retired from National City Bank in 1993.He had served as a youth basketball coach and on the board of directors of the Montgomery County Boys & Girls Club, and was the current treasurer of the newly-organized Basketball Heritage Project, Inc.
He is survived by his wife, son, Mitchell Don (Ginger) McDevitt of Crawfordsville, daughter Michelle Ann (Dirk) Fischer of Perth, Australia, and three granddaughters, Taylor McDevitt, and Alexandria and Emma Fischer.
He was preceded in death by his parents, adoptive father Robert E. McDevitt, and brother, Robert C.