More detail on this person: Donald Thomas
McDevitt, 74, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011.
Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Monday, St. Michael Catholic
Church, Bedford. Inurnment: at a later date in
Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation; 4
to 6 p.m. Sunday, Lucas Funeral Home, Hurst.
Donald T. McDevitt was born in Philadelphia, Pa.,
on Dec. 5, 1936. He served his country honorably
as a U.S. Army major and helicopter pilot from
1958-1967, earning the Army Aviation Badge, the
Vietnam Campaign Medal with device 60, and the
Distinguished Flying Cross. After his decorated
military career, he went on to attend the
University of Oklahoma Law school graduating in
1974. Survivors: Wife, Susan McDevitt; sons,
Donald, Kevin and wife, Mary, Michael and wife,
Tina; siblings, Faith and Marc; eight
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a host of
other family and friends.
Published in Star-Telegram on August 7, 2011
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