Donald Scanlan

Joseph Donald Scanlan, 88, of Villisca died Thursday, June 1, 2017.

Mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 6, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Villisca with interment in Villisca Cemetery. Visitation with family present was from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Wolfe Funeral Home, 201 E. Fourth St., in Villisca. Memorials are suggested to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Villisca VFW or Nodaway Community Building. Memorials may be sent to Steve Scanlan, 7609 N. 124th St., Omaha, Nebraska 68142.

Joseph Donald Scanlan, son of Joseph Charles and Elizabeth Martha (Miller) Scanlan, was born Sept. 25, 1928, in Union Township in Adams County. He grew up on the family farm near Nodaway and graduated from high school in 1947.

On Sept. 2, 1949, he married Norma Jean Shrimpton. Don assisted his father in his trucking business and on the farm, and then began working for the creamery in Corning for more than 25 years. In 1958, he moved the family to a small farm north of Nodaway, which remained his home until he joined Norma at Good Samaritan Center in Villisca.

Don was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Villisca and was a supporter of Villisca academics and athletics.

Don is survived by his wife Norma; children, Sheri (Scott) Siebrass of Springfield, Nebraska, and Steven (Susan) Scanlan of Omaha, Nebraska; grandchildren, Staci (Brandon) Cohn of Lincoln, Nebraska, Shannon (Alan) Rogers of Peyton, Colorado, Tabitha Siebrass of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Vanessa Siebrass of Omaha, Nebraska; six great-grandchildren; siblings, Mary (Dick) Welsh of Greenfield, John (Bonnie) Scanlan of Yuma, Arizona, and Bernadette Morris of Council Bluffs; along with many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Don was preceded in death by his parents; infant sister Agnes; sisters Theresa McCall and Elizabeth Gray and brother James Scanlan.