Donald Eugene Archer

DATELINE: Hutchinson

NAME:  Donald Eugene Archer

AGE:     89 yrs          

DATE OF DEATH:  February 19, 2017

PLACE OF DEATH: Good Samaritan Society, Hutchinson

DATE OF BIRTH: July 17, 1927

PLACE OF BIRTH: Mercer County, Missouri

PARENTS: William Earl & Ethel M. Gish Archer

RESIDENCE: Longtime Medora & Hutchinson resident

OCCUPATION: Cost Accountant for Cessna Aircraft, Hutchinson

VETERAN: U. S. Army serving during World War II

MEMBERSHIPS:  attended Union Valley Bible Church; America Legion, both of Hutchinson;

He loved going to Garage sales, Auctions & Flee Markets, buying and selling antiques; also

an avid hunter.

He married Donna Fern Baker, June 10, 1947 at Saxman, she died on October 31, 1996.

He married Hulda “Billie” Regehr Keesling, May 5, 1998 at Laughlin, Nev.,

SURVIVORS:  Wife, Billie Archer, of the home; 3 Daughters, Carol & Mike Wenzel, Kermit, TX., Connie & Joe Wilson, Rapid City, Iowa, Jan & Roger Sell, Hutchinson; Step Son, Gary Keesling, The Villages, FL.; Step-Daughter, Robin & Ralph Hanna, Winfield, KS.; 4 Grandchildren, 9 Great-Grandchildren; 5 Step-Grandchildren, 12, Step-Great-Grandchildre, 1 Step-Great-Great-Granddaughter

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY:  Son, Ron Archer; 2 Brothers, William Earl Archer Jr.. Robert “Bob” Archer; Sister, Helen Farthing

SERVICES: 11:00 A.M., Thursday, February 23, 2017 at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling

OFFICIATING: Pastor Steve Hodgson

BURIAL: Sterling Community Cemetery, Sterling with Military Honors by Ft. Riley Honor Guard

VISITATION: 9:00 A.M., until service time on Thursday at the Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling

MEMORIAL: Reno County Hospice or Young At Hearts Ministry in care of the funeral home

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