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Service:
Saturday, June 6, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. at Kline
Cemetery in rural Broadwell.
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
Donald A. "Don" Awe, 81, of Elkhart,
passed away on Monday, June 1, 2020, at Memorial
Medical Center in Springfield.
Graveside Services will be held on Saturday, June 6,
2020, at 11:00 a.m. at Kline Cemetery in rural
Broadwell. Rev. Jonathan Buescher will officiate.
Military Rites to be accorded by Elkhart American
Legion Post #616.
Donald Albert Awe was born January 3, 1939, in
Lincoln, the son of Albert Herman and Alma Hinck
Awe. He was united in marriage with Sharon Lee
Talkington. She survives.
Also surviving are his children: Debby (Rick)
Aylesworth, , Douglas (Marsha) Awe, Lisa (Bill)
Glaze, and Randy (Jennifer) Awe; seven
grandchildren: Dustin Aylesworth, Chase (Leah)
Aylesworth, Lukas Aylesworth, Clay Aylesworth, Pearl
Glaze, Cole (Brooklyn) Awe, and Jessica Awe;
three-and-half-great-grandchildren: Talen, Reid, and
Knox; and three sisters: Doris Mappes, Ruth (Jim)
Hodgin, and Vera McClurer.
He was preceded in death by his parents,
step-mother: Louise Mayer Awe, and one brother: Paul
Awe.
Don graduated from Zion Lutheran
School in Mt. Pulaski and then Elkhart High School
in 1956. He attended the University of Illinois and
proudly served in the United States Army Reserves. |
During his 4-H years, Don
participated in the Inaugural calf scramble at the
Logan County Fair in 1952. He won the champion
Scramble Steer Show in 1953.
Don was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Mt.
Pulaski, Logan County Farm Bureau, Young Farmers,
and American Angus Association. He served on Logan
County Angus Association Board, Logan County Fair
Scramble Calf Committee, and the school boards for
Elkhart-Mt. Pulaski District #23 and Zion Lutheran
School. He belonged to American Legion Post #616 in
Elkhart. Don was an avid Cubs fan and 4-H supporter.
He had a great passion for sports, especially any
that involved his grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Zion Lutheran School in
Mt. Pulaski.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Peasley
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
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