CPL Donald J. Sersen
1929 - 2008
USAR
KOR
Donald Joseph Sersen was born June 24, 1929, in Berwyn, to Joseph and Mae Martinek Sersen.
After graduating from high school, Sersen worked as a draftsman for Sargent & Lundy, a Chicago-based engineering firm.
On November 18, 1950, he married Joan Emily Vokac in Berwyn on Nov. 18, 1950; they raised four children in Barrington.
Sersen served his country during the Korean War in the U.S. Army, stationed in Germany as part of the Army Medical Corps. He received an honorable discharge as a Corporal in May, 1953.
Professionally, Sersen worked for 46 years in the family business, Sersen's Imprinting, until his retirement in 1993, when he and his wife moved to Arkansas to enjoy the beauty of the Ozarks.
He loved the great outdoors, boating, fishing, hiking and camping. He also loved hot-rods, built his own dune buggy, and also enjoyed motorcross races and car races. Sersen and his wife traveled all over the country in their fifth-wheel trailer with the Holiday Ramblers.
CPL Don Sersen passed away June 21, 2008, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, and is buried with his wife in Barrington s Evergreen Cemetery.
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Courtesy of Signal Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.