Donald George Wines Sr passed away on February 11, 2018. Son of Ernest (deceased) and Mildred (deceased), brother to Ernest Lee, Warren, Joan (deceased) and Eleanor (deceased). Loving husband to Carole Louise Wines, Brother in-law to Cathleen DiGennaro and husband Vince and Chad Collins. Father to Donald G Wines Jr (deceased), Ronald W Wines and wife Virginia, William A Wines and wife Valerie and Jeffrey M. Wines and wife Cathy. Grandfather to Misty and husband Mike, Michelle, Vironica and husband Nate, Justin and fiancée Jacqueline, Aly, Nicky, Morgan, Catrina and Ashley. Great grandfather to Jayden, Christian, Kyra, Rennae, Lucy, Sienna, Bentley, Nalani and two more on the way.
Referred to as “Pops” by most, and often affectionately referred to as dude or main man by the grand and great grandkids.
Pops and Carole (Granny or Memaw to us) were teen age sweethearts who were married for 59 years. Pops worked 2-3 jobs at a time to take care of his young family and was a skilled furniture refinisher working for Levitz, Raleys and then retired from Value City Furniture.
He was a die-hard Redskins and Orioles fan and loved his plaid flannel button up shirts. In his younger days, you would find him in the dugout coaching little league baseball games and in the evening rolling strikes with his 16 lb flat black bowling ball. In more recent years the venue changed from the bowling alley to the bingo hall where he (not so silently under his breath) cursed when someone else won “his” jackpot especially when he was “set” waiting for that last number. He spent many hours on Saturdays in his backyard watching the squirrels figure out how to get up the pole (that he had just greased) and into the bird feeder. He was also a master at the arcade claw game, catching and collecting stuffed animals for his grandchildren and for the children’s Christmas parties. He even sent two large bags of the toys to Mike while he was serving in Iraq to hand out to the children at the hospital. The strong, wise and thoughtful type who was often found chuckling from his armchair while silently observing the grandchildren doing what grandchildren do. He will be sorely missed by all.
