Donald FRASER

FRASER, HANSON, SPEER, PATTERSON, HAMLETT, EASTWOOD, ODOM

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:57

March 21, 1942 --- September 12, 2020

Don Fraser, age 78, passed away at home Sept. 12, 2020. He was born March 21, 1942 in Eagle Grove, Iowa to Clinton Fraser and Gladys Hanson Fraser.

Don graduated from Grandview High School in Grandview, Miss. He started working in the flooring business at a young age, continued with a career in flooring sales and started his own business with partners in 1993.

Don married the love of his life, JoEtta Speer Fraser June 22, 1963 in Peculiar, Mo. Don and JoEtta fell in love with lake life together at The Lake of the Ozarks. When they moved to Richardson in 1976 they found Cedar Creek Lake, where they built a second home and spent lots of time with family and friends.

In 2015, they fulfilled their lifelong dream and moved permanently to the lake house along with Don’s extensive collection of lawn tractors. Tractors were a passion for Don. He enjoyed tinkering with them, restoring them, and giving all his grandchildren rides. Don’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren brought so much joy to his life. Everyone loved to call Grandpa for advice and he was always happy to give it to them.

Don was preceded in death by his parents and four sisters. He is survived by his wife of 57 years JoEtta, sister Caia Patterson, daughter and her spouse Penny and Johnny Hamlett, daughter DeeDee Eastwood and son and his spouse Brian and Ellen Fraser. He is also survived by grandchildren Haley Hamlett Odom and her husband Graham, Ian Hamlett, Mason, Weston and Gabby Eastwood, Caden and Hudson Fraser, great-grandchildren Elliot and Baker Odom and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at Eubank Cedar Creek Funeral Home Sept. 19, 2020. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made to First United Methodist Church of Mabank, 501 South Third Street, Mabank, Texas in memory of Donald Fraser. These memorials will be used to help others in our community.