Donald Lee Waltermire

Donald Lee Waltermire, 78, of Rushville, NY passed away August 7, 2025 at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY after a several year battle with cancer.

Calling Hours will be held on September 2^nd from 10:00 – 11:30am at Zion Fellowship, 5188 Bristol Road, Canandaigua, NY with a Celebration of Life Memorial Service immediately following at 12:00pm. Interment will be conducted privately at the convenience of the family.

Donations in Don’s memory may be made to Friendship House, 5614 Williams St., Middlesex, NY, 14507.

Don was born on April 3, 1947 in Cherry Hill Township, PA. He attended West Winfield High School, graduating in 1965. He married Linda Leonard in 1969 at the Free Methodist Church in Herkimer, NY. Don and Linda celebrated their 50^th Wedding Anniversary in 2019.

Don graduated from SUNY Morrisville in Morrisville, NY in 1967 focusing on Animal Husbandry which was built upon his years of experience farming that began on his family’s farm in Cedarville, NY. Don’s skill and mastery of managing larger operations brought him to farms in Schuylerville, NY; Emmaus, PA; Canastota, NY; Richfield Springs, NY; Scipio Center, NY and finally to Half Dutch Farm in Clifton Springs, NY where he worked until his health no longer permitted. When not at the farm, Don was an avid canner, active grandparent, and truck driver for local food pantries. If there was still time in the day, Don always had somewhere to be and something to do.

Don was preceded in death by his parents Clyde K. & Veda (Stiles) Waltermire; sisters Thelma Waltermire and Violet Ludwig; brother Sonny Waltermire; and brothers-in-law Rev. Gail McQueen and Edwin Ludwig.

He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Linda; his children Rebecca (Lee) Gang of Middlesex, NY; Daniel (Deborah) Waltermire of Ilion, NY; his grandchildren Katherine, Emma, Hannah, Megan, Abey, Ethan, Timothy, Malachi, Charlotte, and McKenzie; brothers Benjamin (Marie) Waltermire and Tom (Beth) Waltermire; sisters Patricia (Dale) Stotler, Peggy (Alan) Webber, Nancy (Foster) Constable, MaryLou (James) Emigh, and Judy McQueen; sisters-in-law Linda Waltermire, Rachel (Robert) Ratliff, Martha (Randy) Phillips, Nancy (Charlie) Appel, and Jean (Randy) Krull; and many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, and grand-nephews.

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