Family/Spouse: Golda SAYLES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Donald was born on Aug. 26, 1917, on a homestead near Atkinson, Neb., to Conrad M. and Golda Sayles Wharff. When he was a young boy, his family moved to Newton, Iowa, and he graduated from Newton Senior High School in 1936. Don spent a brief time at Central College, Pella, Iowa, and then went to work for Maytag Co. at the home office in Newton. In 1940, he joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and during World War II, he was stationed in northern Africa and throughout Europe. He was discharged from the 1340th Engineer Battalion with the rank of Warrant Officer.
 Donald married Gretchen L. Boese on May 26, 1946. The couple lived in Minneapolis, Minn., where Donald was proud to manage the Minneapolis branch office of the Maytag Co. He and Gretchen spent the first nine years of their retirement at their home on Briggs Lake, Minn. In 1991, they moved to Foxwood Springs.

Donald married Gretchen Louise BOESE on 26 May 1946 in Newton, Jasper, Iowa. Gretchen (daughter of Frederick Albert BOESE and Clara Louise KUPFER) was born on 12 Aug 1923 in Newton, Jasper, Iowa; died on 9 Sep 2003 in Raymore, Cass, Missouri; was buried in New Virginia Cemetery, New Virginia, Warren, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]