Donald Steffens

1948 - 2018

Donald Steffens

Appleton - Donald (Don) Steffens, 69, of Appleton, passed away peacefully at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center of Appleton after a long hard fight with cancer on March 3, 2018. Don was born December 22, 1948 to the late Fred and Jeannetta (Probst) Steffens. Don proudly served in the United States Army during Vietnam War and earned two Purple Hearts along with various other metals for his service. Most of Don's working career he spent working at Rich's Bakery and then finally retired from Luvata in Appleton.

Don was married to his wife, Sandy, for 16 wonderful years and they enjoyed riding the Harley Davidson as well as traveling as much as they could together. He is survived by his wife, Sandy Steffens (Foster) and his son, Shane (Anna) Steffens, step-children Tammy (Mike) Cantrall, Paul (Lori) Barth and Tony (Jill) Mach, as wells as brothers: Earl (Sandy) Steffens, Neil (Nancy) Steffens; sisters: Ruth (Howard) Schwamer and Alice (Ray) Noffke. He is further survived by his grandson, Austin Steffens, 6 step-grandchildren, as well as many nieces, nephews and friends.

Don was preceded in death by his son, Owen Steffens; his parents; sister, Rose, and brothers, Cyril, John, Walter and Robert; sisters-in-law, Alice Steffens and Ruth Steffens. The family would like to extend their deepest appreciation to Don's best friend, Brian Zenefski, and the entire staff at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center of Appleton as well as the Cancer Center at Froedtert Hospital.

Visitation will be held from 1:00-4:00pm, Saturday, March 10, 2018 at the Valley Funeral Home in Appleton with a memorial service and military honors immediately to follow. Don will be deeply missed by his wife, son and entire family.