David Conrad Irwin, 86, of Canon City, Colo., formerly of Maryville, Tenn., died Tuesday at the Valley View Health Care Center in Canon City after an illness.

Born April 10, 1920, in Queenstown, Armstrong County, he was the son of David Conrad Sr. and Iola Reep Irwin.

Before World War II, he worked in a bomber plant at Willow Run in Ypsilanti, Mich. He served during the war in Patton's Advance Guard, and served as a guard at the Nuremburg Trials.

After the war, he lived in Washington, D.C., where he finished college. Then he lived in Saline, Mich., where he built his home, raised his family and retired from the R&B Machine Tool Co. after 29 years. Later, he lived in Birmingham, Ala., and Maryville.

He was a past member of the Masonic Lodge in Saline and also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

He was a member of the VFW and the Disabled American Veterans, both in Saline.

He married Dorothy Marie Campfire on Dec. 30, 1939, in Chicora. She preceded him in death on Nov. 22, 2004.

He is survived by a daughter, Reita Kay Leas and her husband, Robert, of Pollock Pines, Calif.; three sons, David Conrad Irwin III and his wife, Diane, of Saline, Dwight Arthur Irwin and his wife, Caroline, of Saguache, Colo., and Jon Mark Irwin and his wife, Leanne, ofUkiah, Calif.; a brother, Laird R. Irwin of Petrolia; a sister, Mrs. Betty Ellen Hillard and her husband, Charles, of Ormand Beach, Fla.; 16 grandchildren living in California, Utah, Michigan and the South Pacific Island of Fiji; and 16 great-grandchildren.

A brother, John Irwin; a sister, Ann Geibel, and a granddaughter, Mandi M. Irwin, preceded him in death.

<B>IRWIN</B> — Friends of David Conrad Irwin, who died Tuesday, May 9, 2006, will be received from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the <B>Richard D. Hillis Funeral Home</B> in Petrolia. Full military honors are being accorded by members of the Chicora VFW and American Legion ceremonial squad.Burial will follow in the Bear Creek Cemetery in Petrolia.