Donald C. Altenburger
On Saturday, October 25, 2014, peacefully in his sleep. He is once again with his beloved wife, Diddy. He joined the Army Air Corp in his senior year of high school. He received his flight training at Cape Girardeau, MO where he learned to fly an A26 medium bomber. From there he was stationed in England with the 356th Martin Marauders bomber group. While there he switched to flying a B26 bomber as the command pilot. After the war he married Daisy Beaird and lived in Penn Hills. He Joined the Air Force Reserves at Greater Pittsburgh’s 911th MAC base and Flew C119’s and then C124’s until he retired from the service in 1985 as a Lt. Colonel. During this time he worked at hall Laboratories which later would be Calgon Corp. until they were bought by Merck. He was a chemical Engineer that specialized in industrial water treatment. He was preceded in death by his wife, Daisy, 20 years earlier. He is survived by his sister Christine Altenburger, two sons, Larry, his wife Gail, their daughter Carley, and Denis and his wife Wendy Walker. The family asks that in lieu of flowers contributions be acknowledged to Alzheimer’s research, Breast Cancer, or the American Heart Association. There will be no Funeral Service. Interment will be at a later date.