Donald (Don) Clyde McNeill, of Edmond, Oklahoma, was welcomed into the kingdom of heaven and the Lord’s arms Saturday, March 21st, 2015 at Thornton hospital in San Diego, California, at the age of 63. He was surrounded and held by his family the moment the Lord led him through the shadow and it was beautiful, tender, and gentle.
Today is a sad day as I continue to reflect on the passing of my friend of the last 50 years, Don McNeill.
We were acquainted before we entered the 7th grade at Thomas High School in the fall of 1963, but that was the first year that we attended school together as my family had moved to Thomas. We went through junior and senior high school together, as well as Oklahoma State University at Stillwater.
Although our choices in life separated us geographically, we maintained contact over the years, and it was always a great pleasure to be in touch with Don via telephone, text, or email. Although our experiences sometimes gave us differing points of view, I think we both enjoyed bantering with each other, and the humor that always overlaid our conversations made them that much more enjoyable. During our school years, we both competed with each other and shared activities, and I always benefitted from our interaction. Don sought to excel in almost everything he did, and his life’s record as a husband, father, brother, friend, and businessman stands as a monument to how well he generally succeeded.
In a text conversation that we had in 2013, he was referring to my father, John D. Foster, when he made this comment, “What a great example of integrity, wisdom, and manhood he has always been.” As I think about Don’s life today, it seems to me that his own words, even though he was referring to someone else, offer an apt description of his own values and the life he lived.
About the time that he was diagnosed with the illness that he courageously fought during the last years of his life, he told me that he felt that he had been richly blessed and that even if his time was short, that he had enjoyed a good life. I wholeheartedly agree with that assessment and know that I share with many others a profound gratitude for having been privileged to have been a part of that good life that he lived.
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