- Date Of Birth: November 4, 1931
- Date Of Death: January 11, 2014
- State: Minnesota
Donald “Don” Wallace Hildreth, age 82 of Mt. Iron died Saturday, January 11, 2014 at Essentia Virginia Medical Center, with his family by his side. Don was born November 4, 1931 in Walker, MN., the son of Wallace and Marguerite (Anderson) Hildreth of Meadowlands. He graduated from Floodwood High School in 1949. Don served in the United States Army with the Occupation Forces in WWII, the 51st Signal Battalion as a combat photographer during the Korean War, and then the Army National Guard in Virginia for more than twenty years. After his honorable discharge, Don attended the New York Institute of Photography. Don returned to Floodwood and married Darlene Powell on November 7, 1959, soon after their marriage they moved to Mt. Iron. Don was employed as a photographer for the Mesabi Daily News, US Steel, and later was an archival photographer for Ironworld. He was a member of the Press-Floyd American Legion Post # 247 in Chisholm and the Virginia Rifle and Pistol Club.
