Donald Hester, 88, died April 2, 2017

Donald Hester, 88, passed away peacefully at home on April 2, 2017.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. April 5 at Edgar and Jenkins Funeral Home, 109 N. Main St. in Burnet, (512) 756-4444.

A funeral service is 2 p.m. April 9 at First Lutheran Church in Burnet with interment following at Lakeland Hills Memorial Park in Burnet.

He married his wife Ruth on April 8, 1954, and together they raised four daughters.

Donald was preceded in death by his parents, Luther and Molly Hester; Rhonda Flower; grandchildren, Elizabeth FitzSimon and Shelley FitzSimon; sisters, Louise Province and Frances Switzer; and brother, Johnny Hester.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Ruth Hester; daughters, Lois FitzSimon and husband John, Sue Hanson and husband Richard, and Gaye Woodard and husband Preston; grandchildren, Margarete White, Stephanie FitzSimon, John FitzSimon IV, Jennifer Riley, John Koch, Ashley Dunn, and Kevin Knight; great-grandchildren, Joslynn FitzSimon, Zayla FitzSimon, Devyn Frazier, Gage White, Gavin White, and Gillian White; and brothers, O.D. Hester and L.D. Hester.

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