Jul 5, 2018

Donald L. Gasmire, 86, of Houston, died Tuesday, July 3, 2018, in Canonsburg Hospital.

He was born August 3, 1931, in Wellsburg, W.Va., a son of Harold and Alice Tenant Gasmire.

Mr. Gasmire was a graduate of Wellsburg High School. Following high school, Don served with the U.S. Navy in the submarine service and was a veteran of the Korean War.

He retired from Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania, where he had worked as a building manager for many years.

Mr. Gasmire was a life member of American Legion Post 902 in Houston, belonged to Houston Volunteer Fire Department and had served two terms on Houston Borough Council.

On July 31, 1954, he married Wilma Chadwick, who survives.

Also surviving are five children, Nancy Saunders (Fred) of Joplin, Mo., Kevin Gasmire and Donald Gasmire (Bernadette), both of Houston, Deborah Cooper (Terry) of Graysville and Jamie Leichty (Michael) of Eighty Four; six grandchildren, Michael Leichty (Stephanie), Matthew Leichty, Timothy Gasmire (Ashley), Amanda Harris (Luke), Drew Findley (Vanessa) and Jessica Martin (Mark); 10 great-grandchildren; sister Barbara Markle of El Paso, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.

A brother, Thomas Gasmire, is deceased.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in McIlvaine-Speakman Funeral Home Ltd., Robert K. McIlvaine, owner/supervisor, 27 Cherry Avenue, Houston, PA 15342, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 9. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Gardens, McMurray.

Condolences may be left by viewing the obituary at www.mcilvaine-speakman.com.