- Date Of Birth: July 30, 1935
- Date Of Death: May 1, 2023
- State: Montana
Dad, Mom and Steve ended up moving to Great Falls, Montana where he worked at City Motors, Spartan Trucking and Sports City. In January 1985, Dad and Mom divorced. He met Suzie Doyle on New Years Day 1990, and he married her in 2002. In 1997, he sold his house and bought a fifth wheel camper and started traveling around the U.S. and South for the winters to Yuma, AZ where he had a lot of friends and enjoyed flying RC planes. They had a great adventure traveling to many different places and always came back to Great Falls in the Spring where he loved the mountains and fishing. After Suzie passed away on December 22, 2016, he bought a motorhome and a boat so he could fish Holter Lake.
Don is survived by his children, Donald (Rebekah) Kirkhart, Shelley (Brad) Fimrite, Debra (Tony) Swanson, and Steven (Patsy) Kirkhart; his grandchildren, Sommar Watson, Jamie Wicks, Jorden Kirkhart, Josh Kirkhart, Kristen Cram, Cory Westmoreland, Chris Fimrite, Kelly Fimrite, April Metzger, Joe Swanson, Tony Swanson, Samantha Alspaw, Loryn Kirkhart, Jace Kirkhart and 23 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents and parents; his sister’s, Betty Benedict and Barbara Beckley; and his wife, Suzie.
Dad was very active his whole life. He enjoyed camping with his family,, teaching them how to water ski, and once made a boat with a friend. He also liked to fish and hunt. I remember going roller skating and ice skating as a family. He was a great mechanic who could fix anything and everything. In 1972, he bought a Volkswagen bug for his family of 6 and us kids loved that car. We learned how to drive the bug and dad was always fixing it when it broke.
Special words of appreciation to Patsy, Samantha, and Steve for taking care of Don in the last 6 months of his life. May God richly bless each of you. I would also like to acknowledge that Don accepted Christ as his savior on March 22, 2023, which we have been praying for so long and very happy that we will see him again.
