Donald "Don" L. Lehman

Donald “Don” L. Lehman, age 93 ½ of the Town of Germania, Shawano County passed away peacefully on July 3, 2024 at Evergreen Health Services in Shawano.

Donald Louis Lehman was born on January 7, 1931 in Tigerton as the son of the late Paul and Mary (Prahl) Lehman. Don was born at home a half hour after his mother finished milking cows. He grew up on the home farm in Germania, attended Hillside Grade School and graduated at the top of his class of 1948 from Tigerton High School. While waiting for his father to return with the family car, Don earned his driver’s license in the local police car as the village police department was tasked with drivers education in those days. On October 12, 1953 Don was united in marriage to Mary Kurszewski at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Galloway. The couple then farmed the home farm and became members of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Tigerton. While running the farm, Don also worked at Westgor’s Lumber near Elderon. He then went to Michigan Tech to become a Certified Lumber Grader and worked for Joern’s Furniture where he graded lumber and operated the kiln until his retirement in the early 1990s. He was a big fan of the Milwaukee Brewers and Green Bay Packers and rarely missed watching a game. Farming was always in Don’s blood; having never worn tennis shoes until the last few years of his life. As the last surviving child of Paul & Mary Lehman, Don will be remembered as a hardworking man that was always there for his family.    

Survivors include: 
His Children: Donald “Butch” P. (Donna) Lehman, Judy (Dennis) Felts, Kim Nero, Dale (Linnea) Lehman, Patrick (Dawn) Lehman, Douglas (Tammy) Lehman, Kristie Yonker, and Terrie (Ryan) Tauferner.

Grandchildren: Paul (Kara), Michael (Jessie), Thomas (Bobbi) Lehman, Austin (Bianca) Felts, Lyndsey (Matt) Horn, Adam (Kassi) Felts, Jason (Melissa) Nero, Erin (Christian) Zander, Justin Lehman, Kasey (Fiance Zach) Gelhausen, Crystal (Brandon) Thoma, Timothy (Hillary) Lehman, Brendan (Samantha) Lehman, Teagon Lehman, Brogan (boyfriend Trevor) Lehman, Joshua (Leah) Yonker, Blake (Danielle) Yonker, Kaylee Tauferner, and Addisyn Tauferner.

Great-Grandchildren: Ethan, Shawn, Mary, Copper, Zach, Mya, Adalei, Asher, Aurora, Zoey, Calvin, Hazel, Blakely, Oakley, Isabel, Maverick, Torvi, Elisha, Brycen, Braylen, and Andrea.

Brothers-in-law & Sisters-in-law: Charles (Arlene) Kurszewski, Delores (Glen) Wiza, Felix Kurszewski, Jr., Betty (Pepe) Gonzalez, Lorraine Kurszewski, Delores Kurszewski, Ronald Rettkowski, and Leah Lehman. 

Don was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Mary on April 21, 2024, daughters Janet & Brenda Lehman, granddaughter Desirae Lehman, a son-in-law Steve Nero, father-in-law & mother-in-law Felix and Francis Kurszewski, siblings Lester (Eva) Lehman, Victor Lehman, Elizabeth (Stanley) Miller, Wallace (Bernice) Lehman, Forest (Kura) Lehman, Mary Jean (Sid) Mathes, Robert (Cheryl) Lehman, and Herbert Lehman, and by brothers-in-law & sisters-in-law Anthony Kurszewski, Alex (Judy) Kurszewski, Stanley Kurszewski, and Shirley Rettkowski.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Don on Wednesday July 10, 2024 at 11am at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Tigerton with Fr. Matthew Settle officiating. Interment will follow at the Union Cemetery in Tigerton. Visitation will be held at the church on Wednesday from 9am until the time of service. Don’s family would like to thank Heartland Hospice; especially Nikki & Tonya as well as the staff of Evergreen for all of their assistance and support. The Eberhardt-Stevenson Funeral Home & Crematory of Tigerton is assisting his family. www.eberhardtstevenson.com