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Donald L. WetroskyDonald L. Wetrosky, 74, of Sparks, Nevada, passed away January 23, 2008 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Reno. Funeral services were held February 2 at the Sierra Bible Church in Reno.Don was born in LeMars, IA, on July 25, 1933, to Elmer and Ruth Wetrosky. When Don was three years old the family moved to southeast South Dakota and lived in the Alcester area.Don served with the U.S. Army occupational forces in Germany during the Korean War. He married a fellow alumni of Alcester High School, Shirley Vetos, in 1960, and graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1961. He taught Special Education in junior and senior high school in Bellevue, NE from 1961 to 1972.In 1972 Don and Shirley moved with their three children to Denver, CO, where Don changed careers and became a commercial and residential painter. They followed the migration of their three children to southern California in 1986 and retired to Sparks in 2002.Surviving are wife Shirley; children Melissa (Mark) Pingle, Jeff (Grace) Wetrosky, Joel Wetrosky; grandchildren Rachel, Rebekah and Leah Pingle, Jacob and Hannah Wetrosky; sisters Verda Akland, Irene Fickbohm and Norma (Jack) Stene, all of Beresford; brothers Clinton (Beverly) Wetrosky of Beresford, Dwight (Wava) Wetrosky of Alcester, and Lowell (Norma) Wetrosky of Brandon; brothers-in-law Lester (Eunice) Vetos of Cambridge, MN, Donald (Connie) Vetos of Yuma, AZ, and Stan (Paulette) Vetos of Nampa, ID; and three generations of nieces and nephews. |
