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Donald "Don" PROFFIT

Male 1950 - 2025  (75 years)


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  • Name Donald "Don" PROFFIT 
    Birth 23 Mar 1950  Fillmore, Andrew County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 5 Nov 2025  Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Obituary 7 Nov 2025  Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    News-Press NOW 
    • Proffit, Donald 1950-2025 Savannah, Mo.
      Published November 7, 2025 12:00 am

      SAVANNAH, Mo. –  Donald "Don" Proffit, 75, of Savannah, Missouri, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, at Living Community. Don was born on March 23, 1950, in Fillmore, Missouri, to Orville Proffit and Imo Todd Proffit.

      He graduated from Fillmore C-1 High School. Don proudly served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam conflict from Dec. 23, 1969, to Feb. 23, 1971, and he received an Honorable discharge. His occupation was a brick mason and he owned his own business Don Proffit Masonry.

      Don was married to Roxanne Proffit and from this union they had two children Tara and Ryan.

      Don was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Bob Proffit and Skeeter Proffit; and a sister, Betty Natzinger; nephews, Todd and Jamie Proffit; and his beloved chihuahua pretty girl Piper.

      Surviving his daughter, Tara Horn (Jason); son, Ryan Proffit (Jessica); grandchildren, Olivia Horn, Hayden Horn, Jolie Proffit, Clara Proffit, and Ethan Proffit; his twin sister, Donna Durham (Donnie) and two sisters, Barb Newberg, Linda Catron (Rick); a brother, Herbie Proffit; and numerous step grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

      Funeral Service will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, at Heaton-Bowman-Smith Savannah Chapel, 307 South 6th Street, Savannah, MO 64485. The family will receive friends prior to the funeral from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at our chapel. Interment to follow at the Fillmore Cemetery, Savannah, Missouri with full military honors by the Dick Munkres American Legion Post 287.

      The family requested memorial donations to the Dick Munkres American Legion Post 287. As published in the St. Joseph News-Press.
    _CSTAT Twin 
    Burial 8 Nov 2025  Fillmore Cemetery, Andrew County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17244  CCBasic
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2025 

    Father Orville L. PROFFIT,   b. 8 Nov 1918   d. 18 Jul 1988 (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Imo Adriene TODD,   b. 11 Oct 1922, Fillmore, Andrew County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 2011, Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 12 Aug 1939  Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Family ID F6622  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family ID F6628  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2022 

  • Sources 
    1. [S287] Fillmore Cemetery (Andrew County, Missouri), Missouri, Andrew County -- Fillmore Cemetery (PACT), 22 Nov 2022, Orville and Imo Proffit marker, photographed by the PACT project.

    2. [S30] Missouri., Missouri, Buchanan County -- The St. Joseph News-Press NOW Newspaper (Online), (http://newspressnow.com:), 22 Nov 2022, "Imo A. Proffit 1922-2011," 18 May 2012, online archives (https://www.newspressnow.com/obituaries/imo-a-proffit/article_f5facb9d-c8bf-5c14-b849-266a9d0624ba.html : accessed 22 Nov 2022).