Visitation:
5:00-7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 27, 2017 at
Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home North Chapel.
Also at 9 a.m. on Tuesday prior to the services.
Service:
10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at Forsyth
United Methodist Church.
Funeral home:
Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home North Chapel
4020 North Water Street
Decatur, IL 62526
Obituary
Donald F. Westerman, 80, of Decatur,
passed away on Friday, November 24, 2017 at Decatur
Memorial Hospital.
A service to celebrate and honor Donald’s life will
be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 28, 2017
at Forsyth United Methodist Church. Visitation will
be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 27, 2017
at Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home North Chapel and at
9:00 a.m. until service time at Forsyth United
Methodist Church. He will be laid to rest at Maroa
Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the Forsyth
United Methodist Church.
Donald was born on September 23, 1937 in Decatur,
the son of Verniel and Evelyn (Stoutenborough)
Westerman. Don graduated from Maroa High School in
1955. He married Elsie Hockaday on June 24, 1956.
Don started farming in 1956 and founded Don
Westerman, Inc. He was a member of Forsyth United
Methodist Church where he held various positions,
United Methodist Men, Habitat for Humanity, Farm
Bureau Board, Maroa Co-Op Elevator Board and Macon
County Board. He was a volunteer for the Hickory
Point Fire Department and was previously the Maroa
Forsyth School Board President.
Surviving is his wife of 61 years, Elsie; three
daughters: Cindie (Dave) Zelhart of Maroa, Beth
(Bob) Crose of Forsyth, Amy (Toby) Hyde of Chestnut;
sister: Betty Birge of Maroa; six grandchildren:
Matt Zelhart, Marie Zelhart, Sarah (Eric) Douglas,
Rachel (fiancé: Cody Marlar) Crose, Zach (Dena) Hyde
and Bridgette ( Jacob) Harnacke; two
great-grandchildren: Gracie Hyde and Gabriel
Harnacke.
He was preceded in death by his parents and infant
daughter.
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