Donald Lee Lines, 94, of Forest Park, died on Sept. 11, 2025 at the Hines Veterans Hospital in Maywood. Born on July 14, 1931 to Josephine Pessman in Fulton, Illinois, he was educated in the Fulton grade schools and graduated from Fulton Community High School in 1949. A member of CrossView Church (Second Reformed Church) in Fulton, following High School, he began working at the Curtis Company in Clinton, Iowa.
In 1952 he joined the Army for two years and played the cornet in the military band in Germany & France. In 1962 he began working for the Union Pacific Railroad in Clinton and later moved to Forest Park and has lived there ever since. He was a member of the First Reformed Church of Berwyn. He retired in 1993 from the railroad. In 2021 he took the Honor Flight to Washington D.C.
Donald was preceded in death by his mother, Josephine Pessman, and is survived by a few cousins. A memorial gathering will be held on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 4 to 6 p.m. at O’Sullivan’s Public House (7244 Madison St., Forest Park).
Cremation rites have been accorded. Interment will follow at a later date. The Zimmerman-Harnett Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
