Don used his G.I. bill benefits to pay for training to become a finish carpenter. He worked as a restoration carpenter in Washington DC and New York. In Washington, he helped to restore the Willard Hotel and the presidential suite at the Grand Hyatt (after a communications security screen was installed). He restored old rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. He helped restore the Revolutionary War Chapel at the Catholic University in Washington DC.
He never married; he died of throat cancer while serving time at the Greensville Correctional Center in Greensville, Virginia.
Don used his G.I. bill benefits to pay for training to become a finish carpenter. He worked as a restoration carpenter in Washington DC and New York. In Washington, he helped to restore the Willard Hotel and the presidential suite at the Grand Hyatt (after a communications security screen was installed). He restored old rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. He helped restore the Revolutionary War Chapel at the Catholic University in Washington DC.
He never married; he died of throat cancer while serving time at the Greensville Correctional Center in Greensville, Virginia.