Don was a miner and mechanic at Denison Mines for several years. He was a member of St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus council #8213. Don is survived by Virginia (Travers) his wife of 55 years, his children: Mary-Ellen Webster and her husband Daniel of Sussex Corner, Jane Folkins and her husband Harold of Collina, Carolyn LeBlanc and her husband Claude of Sussex Corner, Julie Drummond and her husband Gary of Upperton, Gail Allaby and her husband Phillip of Hanford Brook; Joseph of Jeffries Corner, David and his wife Leslie of Sussex Corner, Peter and Ruth of Smith Creek, Stephen and his wife Joyce of Calgary, Frank and his wife Margaret of Smith Creek, William of Sussex, Paul and Shirley-Ann of Sussex, Robert of Sussex, Mark of Jefferies Corner; four brothers: Patrick Hayes and his wife Lorena of St. Martins, Fred and his wife Margaret of Sussex Corner, Carl John and his wife Debbie of Saint John, Walter and his wife Evelyn of Jeffries Corner; five sisters: Elizabeth Monahan and her husband Raymond of Sussex, Karine and her husband Earl of Calgary, Lois Cassidy and her husband Elton of Saint John, Bernice Hayes of Australia, Marie Rideout and husband Wayne (Slim) of Ontario;