Don Oconice Winslow
Don Oconice Winslow died on Friday October 19, 2012. He was born to
Lindley Arthur Winslow and Blanch Herthel Winslow in March of 1927 in Franklin,
Indiana.
He graduated early from Franklin High School, at age 17, to enlist in the United
States Army as the country was fighting the Second World War. He wanted to
follow his older brother Norman into the service for our country. He was
chosen to go into the Army Specialized Training Program to become an officer,
He was sent to West Virginia University through this program, and went on to
serve in several locations as Company Clerk. He returned to West Virginia
University after discharge, and received his SS in Chemicial Engineering there
in 1950. He was enrolled in the School of Law at Indiana University that
year.
In 1952 he married his college sweetheart, Anna Neff, and together they moved to
Wood River, Illinois. Don worked as a chemical engineer for Shell Oil
Company in Wood River. He enrolled in the School of Law at St. Louis
University and graduated from there with the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence
Don was then transferred to Emeryville, California, by Shell, to work as a
Patent Attorney, and in the following years was transferred to the New Yrok
office and then back to the Emeryville office.
He left Shell Oil Company in the early sixties to work as a patent attorney for
International Latex in Dover, Delaware. In 1973 he began work as a patent
attorney for the DuPont Company in Wilmington, and he continued there until his
retirement.
Don enjoyed classical music all of his life and was a talented usician. He
played the piano, clarinet, and saxophone in his early days. He also
played in an Army band. While in California he began to play the recorder,
and while in Dover, Delaware, he was a founding member of the Dover Baroque
ensemble. He was a founder of the Dover Symphony Orchestra and the Dover
Early Music Society.
On the 250th anniversary of the founding of Dover, Delaware, in 1967, Don
Co-authored, with EMil Sammak, a book which was published detailing the history
of the city.
After coming to Wilmington he was a founding member of the Cathedral Chamber
Players, which became the Brandywine Baroque.
Don was always active in every community where he lived. In Dover he was
president of the P.T.A. at Dover High School.. He was on the board of the YMCA
in Dover, served on the board of the Delmarva Girl Scout Council, and the Board
of Directors of Wilmington Music School. He served several terms on the
Vestry of the Cathedral Church of St John in Wilmington.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Anna, and four children: Dr Dean
Winslow of Palo Alto, CA, Richard Winslow and his wife Annette of Wilmington,
Christiane Winslow and her parter Kathleen Clark of Wilmington, and Dr.
Alexandra McFeely and her husband Col. Eugene McFeely of Sumter, SC; There
are six grandchildren: Dr. Lindley A Winslow and her husband Jacob Siegel,
Mary Elizabeth Winslow and her daughter Harmony Ann, Samuel Winslow, and the
McFeely children, Daniel, Owen and Ryan.
He is survived by his younger sister Martha of Columbus, IN, by brothers James
Frederick and Alan of Florida, and by several nieces and nephews. He was
preceded in death by his sister who died in infancy, his older brother Norman,
and by his brother Robert.
The memorial service will be held at St David's Episcopal Church, 2320 Grubb
Road, Wilmington, DE on Wednesday October 24, 2012 at 2:00. Interment will
be private in the Cathedral Church of St. John Garden of Praise at Christ Church
Christiana Hundred. In Lieu of flowers, the family requests that
contributions be made to Delaware Hospice, 3515 Silverside Road, Wilmington, DE
19810
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