Donald Robert “Don” Wooldridge
October 21, 1945 – February 20, 2012
Donald Robert “Don” Wooldridge, 66, of Dunkirk, MD passed away February 20, 2012 at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick, MD. Don was born October 21, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts to Frances (Rice) and Milo A. Wooldridge. He lived with his family in various naval installations all over the world where his father was stationed, including China and Morocco, and settled in Maryland in 1961. He attended Surrattsville High School and entered the US Navy in December 1963, serving aboard Polaris guided missile nuclear submarines. He was honorably discharged in November 1969 after having his term of service extended at the request of the US Navy, and was awarded the National Defense Service Medal and Submarine Deterrent Patrol Insignia. He married Beverly Ann Crawford in 1966 and they lived in Camp Springs, MD and the Apple Green and Twin Shields communities in Dunkirk, MD. Don was a businessman and entrepreneur, and held more than a dozen patented designs. Along with his wife he co-founded Batching Systems, Inc., an automation machinery manufacturing company that he began as a home based business that has expanded to its current location in the Calvert Industrial Park in Barstow, MD.
Don was a member of Jesus the Good Shepherd Parish in Owings, MD, the N.R.A., and Safari International, a hunting organization. In his leisure time Don enjoyed travel, spending time with his grandchildren, inventing things, Harley Davidson motorcycles, and dirt bikes.
Don was preceded in death by his parents and by his wife Beverly. He is survived by sons David B. Wooldridge and wife Kathleen of Dunkirk and Russell J. Wooldridge and wife Lora of Owings, MD; grandchildren Sierra, Luke, Elijah, Talon and Kaia Wooldridge; a brother Milo A. Wooldridge, Jr. of Juneau, AK , and sisters Rosemary A. Staudt and husband Ed of Leesburg, VA and Kathleen F. Farrell and husband Kirk of Stafford, VA..
Visitation
Services
Monday, February 27, 2012
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