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Donald Dean “Don” VanVleet
Birth          1 Feb 1936, Sac County, Iowa, USA
Death          19 Dec 2014 (aged 78), Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Burial         Birta Community Cemetery, Birta, Yell County, Arkansas, USA
Memorial ID    140240512

Don VanVleet, 78 of Dardanelle, passed away Friday, December 19, 2014 at Baptist Health in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born February 1, 1936 in Sac County, Iowa to the late George Earl and Katherine Higgins VanVleet. Don was an Army veteran. He was preceded in death by a sister, Beverly Howard and two brothers, Tom VanVleet and Charlie VanVleet.

Survivors include his wife, Patsy VanVleet of Dardanelle; son, Ray and Sharon Jackson of Casa; daughter, Pam and Randy Brixey of Russellville; brothers, Bill VanVleet, John VanVleet, Jim VanVleet; sisters, Norma Schimmel, Twyla Leeper, Betty Haaf; four grandchildren, Josh Jackson, Jennifer Williams, Jacob Brixey, Jerrick Brixey; and two great grandchildren, Kinsey Williams, and Miley Jackson.

Funeral services will be Monday, December 22, 2:00 p.m. at Cornwell Chapel, Dardanelle with Brother Gene Tanner officiating. Burial will be at Birta Cemetery, Birta under the direction of Cornwell Funeral Home, Dardanelle.
Visitation will be Sunday, 6-8 p.m. at Cornwell Chapel, Dardanelle.

Online guestbook and condolences at www.cornwellfuneralhomes.com

This information and the pictures below were obtained from: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140240512/donald_dean-vanvleet. The picture above was obtained from the 1955 HHS Centennial Memories yearbook, made available by the Lake County Public Library, at: https://archive.org/details/HOHS1955Images/.