Donald Vesely, 85, of Los Angeles, CA formerly of Winner, SD passed away at his home in Las Angeles on Tuesday, January 16, 2018.  Funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 11:00AM at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Winner.  Burial will follow in the Winner City Cemetery.  A visitation will be held one hour prior to funeral service.

Donald was born on May 16, 1932 in Kennebec, So. Dakota. He graduated High School in Winner, SD and then he served in the US Navy from 1951 to 1955. He graduated in 1959 from the School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, SD with a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering.  He completed his Master Degree at the University of Southern California.  He moved to Los Angeles, CA in 1959 where he started working for the Hughes Aircraft Company as an Electrical Engineer.  His first project was on one of the pioneering large-scale computer-controlled test systems for the US Air Force to test the Minuteman Missile Guidance Systems.  He continued as a Systems Engineer on Hughes Satellite Systems and their ground control equipment.  He retired from the Hughes Aircraft Company Space & Communications Group in 1991 as a Senior Scientist.