Last Updated on January 10, 2022 by Gundrum Funeral Home
Donald Lee Alexander, 88, passed away January 5, 2022 after a long illness. He was a resident of Hickory Creek Nursing Home in Winamac for 2 1/12 years.
He was born in 1933 on the McMillen family farm in Jefferson Township, Cass Co., IN to Fred and Ruth McMillen Alexander. He graduated from Winamac High School in 1952 and served as Staff Sargent in the USAF in Morocco, West Africa, and Wadena Minnesota, during the Korean conflict.
He married Nancy Ellen Graves in Farmersburg, IN and returned to Winamac after his discharge from the service. He worked for and retired from Winamac Coil Spring in Kewanna, IN.
He was a licensed clock maker, an accomplished furniture maker and woodworker, and a long time member of First United Methodist Church in Winamac, where he was on the Board of Trustees for many years.
Surviving family: Jeff, Pendleton, IN
Amy, Georgia
Bruce and Tiffany, Corpus Christi, TX
Randy and Lori, Frankfort, KY
brother, Bob and Neva Alexander, Winamac
10 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren
Proceeding in death: Nancy Graves Alexander, wife
Michael J Mendiola, grandson
Fred and Ruth Alexander, parents
sister, Ann McMahon Lopatka, Chicago
brother,, Dale Alexander, Chicago
Cremation arrangements are entrusted to Gundrum Funeral Home in Logansport and a private family gathering will follow at a later date.
You may sign the guest book and send online condolences to the family at www.gundrumcares.com.