Born on September 6, 1941, in Olean, he was a son of James B. and Gowanda R. Densmore Osgood. On July 23, 1965, in the Bolivar United Methodist Church, he married the former Carolyn B. Sharp who survives.

Douglas served with the 78th Engineer Battalion in the United States Army from 1959-62.

He had owned and operated Supervac Septic Service, the Hole-in-One Golf Game that he traveled to Fairs with, and was still operating Bluchers Custom Graphics with his wife. He had also worked as a laborer for the Town of Wirt, but retired as Highway Superintendent in 2006.

Douglas enjoyed riding horses with his brother when he was younger.

In addition to his wife, Carolyn, he is survived by 2 sons, Cory (Heidi) Osgood of Richburg and Kirk (Teresa) Osgood of Summerville, South Carolina; a daughter, Kellee (Ray) Nowak of Wellsville; his grandchildren of Kori (Tyler) Radcliff of Friendship, Madison and Taylor Osgood of Summerville, South Carolina; a great grandson Ryland Radcliff; a great granddaughter Scarlet Radcliff; a sister, Cindy Dick of Wellsville; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a granddaughter Gracie Ann Marie Dorrough, his grandfather Archie (Ada) Densmore who was a very special person in his life, a brother James Osgood, a niece Dawn Pennypacker, and two cousins Gary and Randy Coykendall.

A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.