DWIGHT -  Willard "Donald" Householder, 89, of Morris, Illinois, formerly of rural Dwight, died Tuesday February 29, 2000 at Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center, Joliet, Illinois. Services at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Dwight with Rev. Daniel Ognoskie officiating. Burial in Goodfarm Cemetery, rural Dwight.

Mr. Householder was born Feb. 25, 1911, in Richland County, a son of Neal V. and Luella Bateman Householder. He married Barbara Louise Zabel Jan. 1, 1935, in rural Dwight. She survives.

Also surviving are one daughter, Carole (Karl) Deterding, Durango, Colo.; one son, Neil (Merilyn) Householder, Issaquah, Wash.; six grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

One brother, one sister and one great-grandchild preceded him in death.

Mr. Householder was a retired farmer and had been Goodfarm Township clerk. He was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church and the Farm Bureau.

Published in Pantagraph, The (Bloomington, IL) ~ Thursday, March 2, 2000