Donald Gleason:
CLASS OF 1975
Sheldon High SchoolClass of 1975
Eugene, OR
Donald's Story
Well I went in the service out of high school. Spent 2 1/2 years in Germany with the 12th Engineer Battalion. Got to go into East Germany at Check Point Charlie when the wall was still up.
Came out of the service worked for a year then went to collage at Oregon Tech. Got to play football for Don Reid. Graduated with an Associates Degree in Diesel Technology. Worked heavy construction for the next seven years. Hawaii, Oregon, Nebraska, California, Alaska. After moving 11 times decided that I'd had enough, quit and moved back to Oregon.
Went to work building logging equipment til that started to dry up. Got a job working on Fire trucks. I have been in the Emergency Services ever since.
I retired as a volunteer firefighter at Lane County Fire Dist. #1 2013 after 25 years of service. I also work for the City of Eugene Fire Dept as an Emergency Equipment Tech.
I've got 40 acres of timber out near Crow. I've been married for 29 years to my lovely wife Kathy, amazing she can put up with me that long. We have a 25 year old girl that now graduated from high school an...Expand for more
d is working for a Barn In Canby. She turned Pro this last year. And this is going to be her career. She is competing with her horse and is jumping at Meter 45 (4ft 6”).
Just because I don't have enough to do, I'm currently building an 18" gauge railroad on the property. I've gotten into restoring Military vehicles. I have finished restoring a 1942 Diamond T halftrack and I'm on to other projects.
Well December 2015 I pulled the pin and retired from the Fire Department. I had no idea I would be this busy in retirement. But loving every minute of it! Still restoring vehicles, watching my daughter ride her horse, just enjoying life in general!
At 59 I went back to Oklahoma to the WW2 Airborne Demonstration Team and Jumped out of a C47 5 times. Earned my wings and they were pinned on by a WW2 veteran from the 101st Airborne.
I still hang out with my close friends from High School, Mountain, Ficker, Decaro, McBride, Morris. We have a few guys from high school that meet informally every so often, we call our selves the lunch bunch.
High School was a great ride!!
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