Donald J. Marlborough, age 85, Manitowoc, entered eternal life on Thursday, January 6, 2022. He was born in Clarks Mills, Wisconsin on May 6, 1936 to Cyril and Helen (Gintner) Marlborough. Don attended St. Mary’s Elementary School and was a 1954 graduate of Valders High School. He was a 1960 graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering. On June 4, 1960, Don married J’Ette Lemberger at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Whitelaw. Don served in the United States Army from 1955 until his honorable discharge in 1957 including 1 ½ years in South Korea. He served in the United States Army Reserve from 1957 to 1963. Don worked as a metallurgical supervisor at Belle City Malleable Iron Company in Racine, WI. He then became President of Northern Ductile Castings in Hibbing, MN followed by Pennsylvania Malleable and Ductile in Landisville, PA. Afterwards, he became Vice President at AMSTED Industries in Alliance, OH and later relocated to Chicago, IL. Don retired from Atchison Casting Corporation as Group Vice President and Chairman of several subsidiaries. Don was a member of the Steel Founders Society of America (SFSA), American Foundry Society (AFS), Knights of Columbus, and was a parish member of St. Francis of Assisi.
Don enjoyed spending time with his family, traveling, playing Bridge and Cribbage, attending theme parks with his grandchildren, watching Green Bay Packer and Wisconsin Badger games, taking long walks, and he especially loved to golf. He was very proud of his hole-in-one on March 17, 2011.
He is survived by his wife J’Ette of 61 years; his children Colleen Marlborough, Tom (Chris) Marlborough, Brigitte (Chip) Luedtke; grandchildren Jenny (Mike) Rodman, Jamie (Eric) Muscha, Kerri (Jeremy) Jentz, Sara Marlborough, Brianna Luedtke, and Chelsea Logiodice; great grandchildren Michael, Colby, Jordyn, Lauren, Paige, Alyssa, and Sienna; siblings Kate Lambries, Mary Vogel, Jim (Anna Mae) Marlborough, and Carole (Roger) Schamburek. Don was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters Dolores “Odie” Kautzer and Madge Burich; and brothers-in-law Sam Lambries, Jim Kautzer, Chet Vogel, and Dave Burich.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church on Waldo, 1121 North 14th Street, Manitowoc. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev. Ben Johnson with burial to take place at Evergreen Cemetery in Manitowoc. Relatives and friends may call at the Harrigan Parkside Funeral Home on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and then on Thursday at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church on Waldo from 10 a.m. until the time of the funeral services. Following the funeral service military honors will be accorded at the church by the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter #731.
The family extends our gratitude to the staff of Angelus Senior Living, Dr. Tracy Sherman, the Manitowoc Rehabilitation & Health Care staff, and Karen & Jane from Heartland Hospice. A memorial fund is being established in Don’s name. Online condolences to the family may be sent to www.harriganparksidefuneral.com
The Harrigan Parkside Funeral Home and Crematory, North 11th and St. Clair streets, Manitowoc, is assisting the family with funeral arrangements.
