Steffan

Donald Andrew Steffan, 69, of Villa Drive in Butler died at 1:51 a.m. Sunday in Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born Jan. 11, 1940, he was the son of the late Andrew Steffan and the late Loretta Kaniecki Steffan.

Mr. Steffan was a member of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chicora, where he was past president of the church council.

He graduated from Har-Brack High School, the Penn Technical Institute of Pittsburgh and New Kensington Commercial College.

He served in the Navy as a hospital corpsman operating room technician.

He was employed at American Hardware-Servistar Corp. for 39 years, where he was a computer operations supervisor.

He served on the Karns City School Board for 12 years, 10 of which he was president, the Intermediate IU-IV board of directors, the Butler Area Vo-tech board of directors and the Pennsylvania School Board College of Directors.

He started the Karns City Boys Elementary Basketball program, and coached Little League baseball and Karns City Youth Football.

He filmed Karns City varsity football for 30 years and was a charter member of the Gremlin Quarterback Club.

He served on the Butler County Lafayette Committee that recommended the Butler County Government Center be built and on the Butler Area Sports Hall of Fame board of directors.

He played Santa for many organizations, in Karns City schools and for friends for years.

He received the first Karns City teachers Gold Apple Award.

He was a member of the American Legion Post 778 in Lyndora, where he served for three years as post adjutant, and he was a member of the Pennsylvania Gold Brigade.

He enjoyed hunting and fishing.

Mr. Steffan is survived by his wife, Diana Simpson Steffan, who he married on Aug. 17, 1968; two sons, Troy Andrew Steffan and Quay Donald Steffan, both of Butler; a granddaughter, Abbey Steffan; a sister, Mrs. John (Carol) Cielslinski of Natrona; two nieces, Lynnette Bastin and Tracey Maskas; and two nephews, Steven Simpson and Patrick Preston.

<B>STEFFAN — </B>Friends of Donald Andrew Steffan, who died Oct. 4, 2009, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the <B>THOMPSON-MILLER FUNERAL HOME</B>, 124 E. North St. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2217 Chicora Road, Chicora, with the Rev. James A. Higgins of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. There also will be visitation before the service from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church.Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 777 Penn Center Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15235