Donald M. Eash, 82, of North Twin Lake, Howe, died Tuesday August 15, at Parkview LaGrange Hospital Emergency Room.

Don was born on September 18, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois to C. Harold and Ethel (Sherman) Eash.

On November 24, 1962, he married Janice L. Reiling at the Howe United Methodist Church. She preceded him in death on June 25, 2021.

Don worked as a farmer until 1985, and then went to work at Holly Park Industries, drove bus for the Westview School Corporation, worked at the Lima Elevator in Howe and in retirement, he worked at Walmart in Sturgis, MI.

He was a member of the Howe Volunteer Fire Department. He served the department as Chief for numerous years, was named Fireman of the Year. He spent 13 years as a Medic/EMT and was a Red Cross 1st aide CPR instructor.

Surviving Don are his three daughters, Rhonda (Sam) Bruner of Prattville, Alabama, Rebecca (Dale) Haney of Shipshewana, and Kristina (Jay) Rennick of Howe; two sons, Bob (Debbie) Eash of Hudson, Indiana, and Rick (Jennifer) Eash of Middlebury, Indiana; 16 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren and a brother, Neil (Karen) Eash of Oakwood Hills, Illinois.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 19, at the Frurip-May Funeral Home, 309 West Michigan St., LaGrange, IN 46761.

The Col. George Douglass will officiate the services and burial will take place in Riverside Cemetery, Howe, IN.

A visitation will take place at the funeral home on Saturday from 12 p.m. until service time.

Memorials may be donated in Don's memory to the Howe Volunteer Fire Department.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.fruripmayfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by Frurip-May Funeral Home, LaGrange, IN.