DONALD R. MERTENS

Dateline/Cunningham

Donald R. Mertens, 80, died Feb. 14, 2022 at the Kingman Community Hospital.

He was born April 23, 1941, in Kingman County, Kansas the son of Leo W. and Lucille Miller Mertens.  A lifetime resident of the Cunningham community, he was a retired frame carpenter with Mertens Brothers and was still an active farmer and stockman.

Donald was a member of the St. Peter Catholic Church, Willowdale; and was a U.S. Army veteran.

On April 8, 1967, he married Mary Ewy at Willowdale.  Other survivors include two sons, Tom, and Jerry with his wife Shari;  grandchildren Drue, Cora and Haley Mertens; and great-granddaughter Hadley Mertens; brothers Leo F., Leroy, Gene and Marvin "Butch" Mertens; sisters Pauline Jacobs, Helen Meyers and Karen Lubbers; He was preceded in death by brothers Edwin, Lawrence and John; and sisters Dorothy Swart, Rosella Henning and Alice Jacobs.

Funeral services with military rites will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday at the Livingston Funeral Home, Kingman.  The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home.  Family interment services will take place at a later date.

Memorials may be made with the Kingman Community Hospital in care of Livingston Funeral Home.