Donald Leppert
Donald D. Leppert, 90, of Lansing died Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at Thornton Manor in Lansing. Funeral services were held Monday, February 27 at United Methodist Church in Lansing with Pastor Kevin Smith officiating. Burial was at Mays Prairie Cemetery, rural Lansing.
Donald Dewey Leppert was born September 28, 1926 in Waukon, the son of Dewey and Florence (Bechtel) Leppert. He was baptized and confirmed at Lansing Ridge Presbyterian Church in Church. Don attended French Creek country school in rural Lansing and graduated from Lansing High School in 1945. He worked in North Dakota for a couple of years during the wheat and potato harvest before moving back to the Lansing area to farm with his father and brother, Kenneth.
June 9, 1951, he married Eleanora Dorothy Toedter at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. They farmed together in Mays Prairie Township raising Black Angus cattle, hogs and crops before moving to Waukon in 1996. He was a steward of the land. Don has been living at Thornton Heights in Lansing since 2014.
He was a member of United Methodist Church in Lansing. Don served as secretary for Calhoun Creamery and was on the Mays Prairie Cemetery Board for several years. He enjoyed fishing - especially ice fishing, traveling and riding his motorcycle. Don was an avid Chicago Cubs and Iowa Hawkeye fan.
Survivors include his children: Janice (Randy) Ellis of Castalia and Gary (Dawn) Leppert of Dodge Center, MN; four grandchildren: Jennifer Ellis, Sara (Joe) Rogalla, Megan (Kyle) Hensel and Amber (Aaron) Christie; a brother, Kenneth (Karen) Leppert of Lansing; a special friend, Arlene Rooney of Waukon; and several nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Eleanora, who died in 1998; and a sister, Lucille Leppert.
Honorary casketbearers were Bill Bartels, Bill and Frannie Byrnes, Bill and Kathy Campbell, Don Larsen, Bob and Barb Leppert, and Tom and Mary Schofield. Casketbearers were Kyle and Kraig Leppert, Randy and Jim Toedter, Paul Mauss and Gilbert Brainard.
Online condolences may be left at www.martinfunerals.com.
