Donald Eugene “The Rabbit Man” Weaver, 85, of Kokomo, Indiana, died at 6:29 pm, Monday, June 1, 2020 at North Woods Village in Kokomo. He was born April 3, 1935 in Marion, Indiana to Ernest and Kitty Belle (Ellars) Weaver.
Donald was a 1953 graduate of LaFontaine High School and attended the Purdue Ag Short Course. Donald served in the Army National Guard. He first married Linda L. Rennaker in Somerset, Indiana on April 13, 1958; she died April 25, 2003. Donald then married Elda Mae Bunch in Gas City, Indiana on November 22, 2008. He worked at the state highway department for 29 and a half years, and also farmed for several years. Donald was a member of the Wabash Free Will Baptist Church, Woodlawn United Methodist Church, and the American Rabbit Breeders Association. He enjoyed raising his rabbits for meat and show for 47 years, and was the self-proclaimed Mayor of Speicherville.
He is survived by his wife, Elda Mae Weaver, of Kokomo, two children, Ray E (Karen) Weaver of Galveston, Amanda (Randall II) Sweigart of Kokomo, three step-children, Judith Searles and Janell Henderson, both of Marion, and Steven Bunch of Gas City, 10 grandchildren, 10 step grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, 6 great-great grandchildren, and several step great and great-great grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, and two sisters.
Funeral services will be 11:00 am, Saturday, June 6, 2020 at Wabash Free Will Baptist, 1056 Erie Street, Wabash, with Rev. Tod Masters officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 9:30 – 11:00 am, Saturday, at the church. Arrangements by Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash.
Preferred memorial is Wabash Free Will Baptist Church.
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