Funeral services for Donald Dean Zahorsky will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 13, 2017, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. William S. Kalfas officiating. Interment will be in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva.
Donald Dean Zahorsky, son of the late David Fred and Edith Elizabeth (McCoy) Zahorsky, was born February 9, 1930, at Alva, Oklahoma, and passed away February 5, 2017, at the age of 86 years, 11 months and 26 days.
Don graduated from Dacoma High School then enlisted in the United States Navy and served a tour in Korea and earned several service medals and was discharged in 1949. On May 12, 1954, he was united in marriage to Perilla "Pril" Becker at the Pleasant View Church near Dacoma. They bought a farm in 1954 and lived in Alva until they moved to the farm in 1972. He was a custom cutter for many years and ranched on their home place most of his life.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Pril; four brothers, David Jr., Roger, Darrell, and James.
Don is survived by his daughter, Sheri Snyder and husband, Jeffrey, of St. Louis, Missouri; three brothers, Delbert Zahorsky of Enid; Stanley Zahorsky and wife, Jan, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Carroll Zahorsky of Leawood, Kansas; one sister, Marlene McLean and husband, Perry, of Overland Park, Missouri; other relatives and many friends.
Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Oklahoma Game Warden Association for the Youth Camp.
Remembrances may be shared with the family at http://www.marshallfuneralhomes.com.
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