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Donald Lee Harley

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Donald Lee HarleyDonald Lee Harley, 76, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022.

He was born March 31, 1945, in South Bend, to Donald W. Harley and Mary Piechocki Lafferty.

On Dec. 2, 1966, he married Dessie Bush in Dunlap. She survives, along with a daughter, Kelli Schaefer, of Goshen; a granddaughter, Brittni Fitzsimmons; three great-grandchildren: Lorenzo, Lennox and Arya; two sisters: Joan Nichols, of South Bend; and Linda (Stan) Delagrange, of Goshen; two brothers: Richard (Barb) Harley, of Goshen; and Mike Harley, of Waymart, Pa.; and his stepmother, Kay Harley, of Syracuse.

Donald was a New Paris High School graduate, member of Walnut Creek United Methodist Church, Warsaw, and part of the St. Joseph’s Michiana Walleye Association. He retired from RomoTech.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, followed by a 12:30 p.m. funeral service at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Violett Cemetery.

Online condolences may be shared at www.yoderculpfuneralhome.com.