Worcester, VT Donald Wiedenmayer, 96, died Thursday, November 21, 2013, at Central Vermont Medical Center, with his family at his bedside. Donald was born March 5, 1917, in Newark, NJ, the third son of Gustave A. Wiedenmayer and Emily (Leicht) Wiedenmayer. Donald graduated from Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ, in 1936, and the Clarence White School of Photography in New York in 1937, after which he operated his own studio at 6 E. 46th Street in New York City. Donald served in the Army Pictorial Service during World War II as a war photographer in Sicily, North Africa and England. After the war, Donald lived in New York City from 1945-1948 and worked for Robert E. Coates Studio and the photographic studio of the Eastman Chemical Products Corporation, a subsidiary of Eastman Kodak. Donald moved to Vermont in 1948 where he did advertising photography and then was a photographer for the Vermont Department of Highways for 21 years. He is a past president of the Vermont Professional Photographers in 1952-53 and former member of the Professional Photographers of America. Donald is survived by his wife Shirley, his daughters, Lisa Thorn and husband Robert, Carla Garvey and husband James, and Ellen Davenport; grandchildren John Hagan, Matthew Fagginger-Auer and wife Sarah, Erich Fagginger-Auer and wife Angela, Benjamin Thorn and wife Lynn, Kevin Darkmoor, Melanie Ricker and husband Shawn, Benjamin Mason and wife Jessica, Joshua Mason; and great-grandchildren Zachary Ricker, Kyle Mason, and Henry Fagginger-Auer. Donald was predeceased by his parents and brothers Sanford and Robert. Donald and Shirley spent 20 winters in Cocoa Beach, FL. Donald loved golf, skiing, and was an avid reader. At his request, there will be no services and donations may be made to a charity of your choice. Interment will be in the spring at the Green Hill Cemetery in Wallingford, VT. Those wishing to send on-line condolences may do so at www.guareandsons.com