Donald K. Matney

Morris, Ill. ? Services for Donald K. Matney, 65, Mazon, were Oct. 2 at U.C. Davis & Sons Funeral Home in Morris. Graveside military services by John Martin Steele Post No. 6049, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Morris American Legion Post, were in Mazon Cemetery.

Mr. Matney died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003, at his home, after being ill with mesothelioma.

He was born June 29, 1938, in Lawrence, Kan., the son of Kenneth L. and Ester (Bahnmaier) Matney. He graduated from Lecompton High School in 1956 and attended Kansas State University.

Mr. Matney served four years in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. He worked for Equistar for 30 years before he retired in 1999. He attended Ashley Road Baptist Church in Morris.

He married Jacqueline J. (Davenport) Zingre on June 1, 1984. She survives, of the home.

Other survivors include his mother, of Morris; a daughter, Denise McElroy, Villa Park; a son, Kenneth, Crown Point, Ind.; three stepdaughters, Kathy Zingre, Rock Island, Debbie Campbell, Braceville, and Tami Zingre, Diamond; two stepsons, Darryl Zingre, Morris, and Steve Zingre, Braceville; two sisters, Mary Jo Thomas, Wilkesboro, N.C., and Nadine Litton, Atlanta; 16 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials to the M.V.K. Ambulance service, sent in care of the funeral home, 301 W. Washington St., Morris, IL 60450-2120.