DONALD M. REEVES , 93, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away peacefully at his residence on Thursday, July 16, 2020.

Visitation will be on Monday, July 20 ^th from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. with the family present from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. During the visitation per families request the number of people will be limited to 10 at a time in the funeral home and social distancing guidelines will be followed with masks being required. Don's remains were cremated and burial of the cremains will be a later date. There will be a private family prayer service at 7 p.m. on Monday evening at the end of the visitation. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com

Donald was born on March 25, 1927 to Clyde Reeves and Anna (Myers) Miller Reeves in Sioux City, Iowa. He attended school in Sioux City, Iowa and Graceville, Minnesota. He was married to Zepherine "French" Giroux at Graceville, Minnesota on June 13, 1949. After his schooling, he farmed in Minnesota and then drove a route for Swift Creamery in Minnesota before moving to Cherokee. He moved to Cherokee in 1962 with his recently widowed mother and his three children.

He drove Allied Van Lines with his brother, Howard Miller of Cherokee from 1962-1963 and then worked for Rock Island Lumber from 1963 to 1964. He worked as a loading dock forklift driver at Wilson Foods when it first opened and became a company foreman for the loading dock. In 1974, he stopped working for Wilson Foods and owned and operated Reeves Apartments and other properties in Cherokee until retiring in 1992.

In his retirement he devoted time to restoring antique automobiles, mainly Nash, Hudsons, and Studebakers. He went to swap meets selling auto parts, car cruises with the SERPACI Car Club and drove in many parades and car shows. He was a skilled carpenter building many houses in the Rock Island addition and updated and maintained the properties he owned. In his later years, Donald utilized the internet and began selling car parts online rather traveling to the swap meets.

He was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee and the SERPACI Auto Club. He enjoyed fishing, bowling, dancing, classic cars from the 1920's and 30's and his family genealogy.

Donald was preceded in death by his father and mother, a brother Howard Miller and sister in law Eleanor Miller.

He is survived by three children: Patsy (Chlupach) Reeves of Stratford, Iowa, Rose (Pat) Beazley of Cherokee, Iowa, Randy (Marcia) Reeves of Cherokee, Iowa; seven grandchildren Justin Chlupach, Brian Chlupach (Jodi), Dennis Chlupach, Nicole Beazley Campbell (Allen), Brandon Beazley, Kimberly Reeves Conley (Jon), Kristine Reeves Thompson (Josh); nine great grandchildren, Alex Jeffries, Draven Chlupach, Hannah Campbell, Mason Campbell, Ashton Beazley, Cael Conley, Ada Conley, Noah Thompson, Jack Thompson; a special friend, Mary Lindstrom of Cherokee, Iowa and her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren who have been his extended family for many years.