SARATOGA SPRINGS — Donald Charles Hammond, 95, of Saratoga Springs, passed away Tuesday, August 25, at home with his children and grandchildren at his side. He was a life-long resident of Saratoga Springs, spending winter months of his retirement in Las Vegas, NV.
Born on February 15, 1920, son of the late Fred and Anna Polly (Deming) Hammond, he served in the United States Army Air Corp from 1942 to 1945 in the European theater where he received three Bronze Battle Stars and a Combat Infantry Badge.
Donald leaves behind his wife of 67 years, Mary Teresa (Lloyd) Hammond, his ten children; twenty-one grandchildren, twenty-three great-grandchildren, one great-great-granddaughter, and many nieces and nephews. Donald also leaves behind sister-in-law Shirley Peacock Hammond, brother-in-law Jack (Linda) Lloyd, sister-in-law Jean Monroe Lloyd, and sister-in-law Constance Charbonneau Lloyd.
Relatives and friends gathered to remember him on Sunday, August 30 at the William J. Burke and Sons/Bussing and Cunniff Funeral Homes of Saratoga Springs, and the funeral service was celebrated privately there the following day.
Donald’s family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to either the Alzheimers’ Association, Northeastern NY Chapter, 4 Pine West Plaza, Suite 405, Albany, NY, 12205 or the Saratoga War Horse Foundation, P.O. Box 461, Saratoga Springs, NY.
