Donald Robert Clough

Male 1927 - 2003  (75 years)


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  • Name Donald Robert Clough 
    Birth 20 Jun 1927  Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military Service 1945 
    World War II (US)
    US Navy 
    Death 18 May 2003  Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, Santa Nella, Merced County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Don was the only child born to Robert M and Marion Burditt Clough. He was born in Reading, Massachusetts, but grew up in Westchester County, N.Y living first in White Plains and then in Bronxville, N.Y. Don graduated from Bronxville High School in three years getting extra units at Farragut Naval Academy during summers. He entered the U.S. Navy during the final year of World War II.

      When he was discharged, he enrolled in Stanford University, majoring in Economics. He again attained his degree in three years by attending summer classes at Columbia University. Don graduated in 1949 and entered Stanford Business School in the fall. He left business school in the spring and married April 1, 1950 Mildred Welch.

      Don worked for the Schlage Lock Company, then joined the Group Insurance department of the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. He was stationed in Buffalo, New York for 4 years, then transferred to Portland, Oregon.

      In 1961, the family moved to Woodside, CA. Don worked for several, different Insurance companies over the years. By 1970, he had left the insurance business and helped found and finance a number of different companies eventually also doing business in Reno, Nevada.

      He and his wife were the parents of 6 daughters.

      Bio by: Mildred Clough
    Person ID I38495  OurNorthernRoots
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2024 

    Father Robert Morill Clough,   b. 31 Dec 1901, Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1974, San Diego, San Diego Co., California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Maybelle Marian Burditt,   b. 22 Oct 1906, North Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1962, La Jolla, San Diego Co., California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1925 
    Family ID F13678  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Children 
     1. Robin Gail Clough,   b. 15 Jun 1952, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 2002, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Co., California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    Family ID F18244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2024 

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