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Feb. 21, 1930 June 22, 2021

Donald J. MacIntosh of Wayzata, Minnesota, passed away on June 22, 2021, at the age of 91, after a brief illness.

Donald James MacIntosh, son of Samuel A. MacIntosh (d. March 1932) and Caryl (Gullickson) MacIntosh (d. February 1930), was born in Feb. 21, 1930 in Milwaukee. He graduated in 1953 from Northwestern University with a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering. Prior to this he graduated in 1948 from Oconomowoc High School, in Oconomowoc. After college he married his high school girlfriend, Cynthia Stone, on June 28, 1952, at Zion Episcopal Church in Oconomowoc. They lived in Evanston, Illinois, immediately after their wedding and then various locations in the Midwest throughout his life until Don and Cyndy retired to Grindstone Lake in Hayward in 1992.

A accomplished mechanical engineer, Don graduated from the Chrysler Institute with a masters degree in automotive engineering in 1954 and worked there until 1962. Don jumped into the new field of hydrostatics with Sundstrand Corporation until his retirement. Along the way, he collected numerous engineering patents. In addition to his deep love for his family and his profession, Don has a genuine passion for the game of golf, one that is studied, practiced and played extensively. He was also very active in his Episcopal church. Her home life was filled with her inventions and improved engineering devices, from primitive automotive cruise control to styling a seat for Cyndy on her tractor to take her to the lake. And to this day still, when a problem arises, we say WWDD: What Will Don Do?

Don is survived by his children, Susan MacIntosh of White Bear Lake Minnesota, Kevin (Kristen) MacIntosh of Plymouth, Minnesota, and Mary Jo (Allen) Carrell of Shenandoah, Iowa; six grandchildren, Katie, Laura, Drew, Sam, Natalie and Turner, andeight8 great -grandchildren, William and Chloe (Katie), Emily and Kylie (Laura), Henry, Benjamin and Charlotte (Drew), Francis (Sam).

The visit will be held at 10 am Saturday, July 24, in St. Johns in the Wilderness in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, with a funeral immediately followed by 11 am A reception will follow the funeral at Manitou Grill, in White Bear Lake. The funeral will take place another day at the family hill in Oconomowoc.

Memories should be sent to Ascension Episcopal Church.

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