DONALD RICHARD IFTIGER

DONALD RICHARD IFTIGER
MAY 3, 1932-MAY 9, 2022

LOVING SON, BROTHER, HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, & GREAT GRANDFATHER

DONALD WAS BORN AT HOME IN LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA, DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION. HIS PARENTS, ALBERT JULIUS IFTIGER & GERTRUDE GOLTZ IFTIGER, WERE OF GERMAN DESCENT. HE WAS THEIR THIRD CHILD, & THEIR FIRST BORN SON. HE WAS PRECEDED IN BIRTH BY HIS SISTERS, VIVIAN & LORRAINE, & FOLLOWED BY HIS YOUNGER BROTHER ALLEN.

DONALD WAS RAISED IN THE LUTHERAN CHURCH. DURING HIS PRIMARY YEARS, HE ATTENDED FIRST LUTHERAN SCHOOL IN LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA. HE GRADUATED FROM LYNWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, IN 1948, FOLLOWED BY A TWO YEAR DEGREE FROM COMPTON COLLEGE, IN 1950.

DONALD MET ARLENE PATRICIA SMITH AT LAKE GREGORY CALIFORNIA, FELL HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE, & THEY MARRIED ON JANUARY 6, 1952. SOON AFTER, THEY STARTED A FAMILY: SON MICHAEL AND DAUGHTERS LAURA & SUSAN.

THE FAMILY RESIDED IN LYNWOOD CALIFORNIA, COMPTON CALIFORNIA, LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA, AND CERRITOS CALIFORNIA. AS EMPTY NESTERS, DONALD AND ARLENE MOVED TO HESPERIA CALIFORNIA, WHERE THEY REMAINED FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR LIVES.

DONALD WORKED HARD ALL OF HIS LIFE. HE SPENT MUCH OF THAT TIME WORKING IN MANAGEMENT AT ROBERTSHAW GRAYSON CONTROLS, IN LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA. HE LATER WAS EMPLOYED BY ALGER MANUFACTURING IN ONTARIO CALIFORNIA, FILLING THE POSITION OF VICE PRESIDENT.

DONALD AQUIRED A PASSION FOR THE OUTDOORS FROM HIS FATHER, ALBERT.
HE ENJOYED HIKING THROUGHOUT THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS, FISHING, HUNTING, AND CAMPING WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE PASSED THAT PASSION ON TO HIS CHILDREN.

DONALD WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE NRA. HE WAS A DOG LOVER, AND ENJOYED WORKING HIS NUMEROUS HUNTING DOGS OVER THE YEARS. TWO OF HIS FAVORITES BEING, SULLY CINDER, AND (CRAZY) MILLIE. HIS FAMILY FELT THAT MILLIE HAD EXTENDED HIS LIFE WITH HER WILD ENTERTAINING ANTICS, AFTER ARLENES PASSING IN 2004. HE GAVE A HOME TO AT LEAST A DOZEN DOGS OVER HIS LIFETIME.

DONALD WAS A LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND, AND FATHER. HE WAS A GREAT PROVIDER, WHO PUT HIS FAMILY FIRST. HE WAS ALSO A WONDERFUL LOVING GRANDFATHER, & GREAT GRANDFATHER. HE WAS ALWAYS THERE WHEN HIS FAMILY NEEDED HIM, WITH LOVE, SUPPORT, AND WISDOM.

HE IS SO TRULY LOVED AND MISSED...
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN...
YOU WILL REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS...

DONALD WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS
PARENTS
ALBERT JULIUS IFTIGER
GERTRUDE GOLTZ IFTIGER
SIBLINGS
VIVIAN IFTIGER
LORRAINE (IFTIGER) CARDEY
ALLEN IFTIGER
WIFE
ARLENE PATRICIA (SMITH) IFTIGER

DONALD WAS SURVIVED BY HIS
CHILDREN
MICHAEL IFTIGER
LAURA (IFTIGER) BRITTAN
SUSAN (IFTIGER) OGG

GRANDCHILDREN
RICHARD MOONEYHAM
MATTHEW MOONEYHAM
SELENA MYERS
ERIKA PERRIN
JESSICA DANIELS
RANDI BECKSTROM
RYAN MEEDS

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
BRYCE DOBLE
COLBY DANIELS
CHLOE MYERS
KAMDEN PERRIN
ELLA PERRIN
EMMA PERRIN
BETTI BECKSTROM
PORTER BECKSTROM
JONAH BECKSTROM
OAKLIE BECKSTROM
KEEGAN MOONEYHAM
SAMANTHA MOONEYHAM
LEWIS MOONEYHAM

CREMAINS SCATTERING
LAGUNA COAST CALIFORNIA MAY 6, 2023
IN MEMORY OF ARLENES LOVE OF THE OCEAN
YOSEMITE, GLACIER POINT CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
IN MEMORY OF DONALDS LOVE FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS

REMAINING CREMAINS WILL BE PLACED AT SUNSET HILLS CEMETARY
APPLE VALLEY CALIFORNIA
SPRING 2026

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