Donald Eugene Lesan (1929-2014)
LESAN, BALLEW, STARMER, BRANDT, PHILLIPS, RILEY, CARRON, MILDWARD, LAFOLLETTE, JONES, KINNISON, URICH, PARKHURST, THORTON, GRAY
Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 7/20/2014 at 11:37:41
Obituary From Adams Soderstrum Funeral Home, Story County, Iowa.
Donald Eugene Lesan was born March 25, 1929 to Roy B. and Alice C. (Ballew) Lesan in Eagleville, Missouri, the fourth of six children. Don married Wilma Starmer July 27, 1952 in New Hampton United Methodist Church in New Hampton, Missouri. Don worked for Riley Oil Co. in Eagleville until 1967 when he moved his family to Ames. He worked with his brother, Warren, as a Refrigeration Mechanic at the ISU Physical Plant for 24 years and retired in January of 1991 as an Environmental Service Engineer. Don was a member of the First United Methodist Church, the Ames Garden Club, Friends of the Arboretum, Reiman Gardens CoHorts, a 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge and a charter member of the Story County Master Gardener Association.
Don enjoyed visits with family, the Sunday calls he received from his son Dan in Kent, Washington and playing games on the computer. The last 5 years he was restricted in what he could do because of the effects of COPD.
Don passed away at 85 years of age on July 10, 2014 at Israel Family Hospice House after a long battle with COPD.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Wilma; his daughter, Mary Brandt, of Ames; two sons, Dan (Ann) Lesan, of Kent, Washington and David (Ann) Lesan, of Nevada; six grandchildren, Nicholas Brandt, of Ames, Melinda Brandt, of Watertown, MA, Heather (Jason) Phillips, of Overland Park, KS, Nathan (Brooke) Lesan, of Gardner, KS, Quentin Lesan, of Ames, and Morgan Lesan, of Nevada; five great-grandchildren, Brixton Brandt, Keira Lynn Lesan, Kaley Ann Lesan, Sandra Riley and Myron Drake Phillips; his brother, George (Lorraine) Lesan, of St. Joseph, MO; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy and Alice Lesan; his stepmother, Fern Ballew Lesan; his brother, Warren and his wife Florence Lesan; his sisters, Betty Harris Carron, Marie Willis Mildward and Sibyl Lafollette; and his brothers-in-law, Raymond Willis, Paul Mildward, Wesley Jones, Tommie Kinnison, Walter Urich, Rollan Parkhurst, Oliver Thorton and Gordon Gray.
The family requests no flowers. A memorial fund has been established for the First United Methodist Church or the Ames Public Library and may be sent to Mary Brandt, 111 Lynn Ave. Apt 406, Ames, Iowa 50014.
As per his wish, the inurnment of Don's cremated remains will take place at a later date in the Eagleville Masonic Cemetery.
JUL 14 Memorial Service 11:00AM
First United Methodist Church
516 Kellogg Avenue
Ames, IA, US
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