It is with great sadness that we announce the profound loss of Donald of Nashville.
Don was a member of the Friends of Brown County State Park. He touched many hearts with his ever positive outlook on life and his “handyman, can-do” spirit.
Don was a graduate of Ellettsville High School and retired as general manager of  a stamping shop at a tool and die factory in Elkhart. He was a charter member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bloomington; 32nd member of the Galesburg, Illinois Free and Accepted Masons; and Scottish Rite. He was known as the “mayor” of Town Hill in Nashville.
Don is survived by his wife, Carolyn (Fogleman) Stephenson, whom he married 65 years ago in 1953; and his four children, Lou Ann Smith of Galesburg, Illinois, Vickey Marshall of Whitestown, Mike (Debbie) Stephenson of Nixa, Missouri and Mark Stephenson of Pueblo, Colorado;  seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a large extended family.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Margaret Stephenson; his sister, Barbara Lou Cox; and two sons-in-law, Chuck Smith and Paul Marshall.
May the memories of his smiling face and his always available “helping hands” ease the pain that so many of his family and friends are feeling.
Funeral services were to be at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 5 at Day & Deremiah-Frye Funeral Home, 4150 E. Third St. in Bloomington. Burial was to follow in Valhalla Memory Gardens. Friends visited the family Nov. 4  at the funeral home.
Memorials may be given to the Friends of Brown County State Park in Don’s memory or to I.U. Health Bloomington Hospice.
Carolyn and family want to thank all of you for the outpouring of support over the many years as a resident and former business owner of Yesterday’s Lore in the  warmhearted Nashville, Brown County community. We wish you all many blessings in the years to come.
In Don’s memory, Amen.
Online condolences may be given at DayDeremiahFrye.com.