Cameron, Donald J. 70, originally of New York
and a long-time Chicago resident, died Friday, June 25 of cancer. Mr.
Cameron served for 12 years as a volunteer at Children's Memorial Hospital
after retiring from a 33 year career with the New York Life Insurance Co. He
was a board member for the SOCS (Staehely-O'Malley Cancer Survivor)
Foundation, an organization of cancer survivors supporting cancer research.
Mr. Cameron served in the United States Marine Corp. from 1954-1956,
achieving the final rank of First Lieutenant. He was a graduate of Fordham
University. Survivors include ex-wife, Eileen (Benson); son, Allen;
daughter, Christine; first cousins, Grace Bella and Winifred Baxter;
numerous other relatives and close friends and loving caretakers, Tom and
Terri Houlahan of Beloit, Wisc. and Tom and Kim Keefe of Gurnee, Ill. A
funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on July 17 at St. Gertrude's Catholic
Church, 1420 W. Granville Ave., Chicago. Because Mr. Cameron donated his
remains to medical science, no visitation is planned. In lieu of flowers,
donations will be accepted at the funeral mass and distributed to
organizations engaged in the fight against cancer.
Published in the Chicago Sun-Times from
6/30/2004 - 7/2/2004. |
