Donald G. Lundin

He was born in Calumet on October 25, 1928, a son of the late Carl “Ed” and Anna (Rompainen) Lundin.

He attended local schools and graduated from Calumet High School in 1946. Before leaving the area in September of 1949, he worked at Calumet & Hecla Mining Company as a draftsman. He began his employment with General Motors at Chevrolet Motor Division in Warren, Michigan, in their two year draftsman training program.

After one year, he was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War as a radar operator and draftsman plotter in artillery observation. After two years, he resumed his training with Chevrolet. He held the positions of detail draftsman, senior detailer, junior layout, senior layout and senior design supervisor. He preferred designing to supervision and was assigned to design groups as senior designer and assistant design supervisor.

For several years, he attended evening classes at the University of Michigan, the Detroit College of Science and the Mazzatta School of Chassis Design.

In 1982, Cadillac needed help in designing a new front wheel drive vehicle for 1984 and he was put on loan to design the front suspension and steering geometry.

He was granted a U.S. Patent on September 30, 1986, for his design. He was kept on loan from Chevrolet to do design work on a mid-size car for Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac Motor Divisions until his retirement on July 1, 1986.

He was united in marriage to Janice Pawsey of Hereford, England, on September 7, 1960. She preceded him in death on February 8, 2008. He was remarried to the former Bette (Hodges) Reed on July 15, 2012, in a ceremony at the First United Methodist Church of Hancock.

Besides his parents; and first wife; he was also preceded in death by an older brother, Carl.

He is survived by his wife, Bette of Hancock; two sisters, Margaret Mattila of Mohawk and Elsie Powers of Milford, Michigan; and by several nieces and nephews in the United States and England.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 16, 2018, at the First United Methodist Church of Hancock with Pastor Scott Lindenberg to officiate.

Interment will be in the Lake View Cemetery of Calumet in the spring.

Friends may call at the church on Friday from 10 a.m. until the time of services.

The O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home of Hancock is in charge of the arrangements.