Services for Don will take place on Saturday, August 24 at 11:00 A.M. at Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown with Pastor Terry Collins officiating. He will be laid to rest at Hillside Cemetery in State Center. Friends and family are also invited to attend a visitation on Friday, August 23 from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. at Mitchell Family Funeral Home. Memorials may be directed to the family for later designation. For questions or condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com or call 641-844-1234.

Left to cherish his memory is his beloved wife of 54 years, Roxanne; his children: Scott (Hillary) Goecke of Montverde, FL and Heather (Tim) Stanley of Melbourne, IA (corrected); six grandchildren; his siblings: Larry (Yvonne) Goecke, Bev (Bruce) Thomas and Ann Goecke; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law; and numerous nieces and nephews.