Dolan D. Leverton
January 10, 1935 ~ December 15, 2025
Born in:
Portis, KS
Resided in:
Greenville, IL
Dolan D. ‘Abe’ Leverton, 90, of Greenville, Illinois, passed away peacefully, on Monday, December 15, 2025, at HSHS Holy Family Hospital, in Greenville, Illinois.
Abe was born, in Portis, Kansas, on January 10, 1935, the son of Roy Albert and Hope Leona (Rothenberger) Leverton.
He graduated from Portis High School, Portis, Kansas, with the class of 1953. In 1957 he earned a B.S. degree in dairy manufacturing from Kansas State College.
While serving with the United States Army, he worked as a vehicle mechanic and always joked that ‘the army probably had a mechanic cooking someplace.’
On July 1, 1958, he started with Pet Milk Company in the dehydrated products development lab which mostly consisted of instant dry milk and Sego diet drinks. From there, he worked quality control, plant manager, developmental work, consulting work, and a variety of other jobs at different companies all over the Midwest, retiring on September 1, 1994.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #245 of Greenville, Illinois, since 1961 and was an avid blood donor with countless gallons donated.
Memorials may be mailed to: Shriners Children’s Research Hospital, Attention: Donations, 4400 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110 and/or Greenville Nursing & Rehabilitation Center – Activities Department, 400 E. Hillview Ave., Greenville, IL 62246.
He will be buried, in the family lot, at Osbourne County Cemetery, Kansas.
Assalley Funeral Home, in Greenville, is in charge of the arrangements.
Please visit www.assalleyfuneralhomes.com to share memories or offer condolences to the family.
Services
No services to be held:
View current weather.
Charities
The family greatly appreciates donations made to these charities in Dolan D. Leverton 's name.
Greenville Nursing & Rehabilitation - Activities Department
400 E. Hillview Ave.
Greenville,
IL
62246
Memories Timeline
Guestbook
Sign the Guestbook, Light a Candle
“Abe” was my scout master around 1961-62. He had a German shepherd named “Schotzie” that accompanied us on camping outings. We ALWAYS had great fun when camping and he was a very kind, quiet person. I always held him in high regard just from that brief encounter. Once while hiking on a camping trip in the Shoal Creek bottoms we were harassed by a pack of dogs. No problem. He simply said “Schotzie, move them” (exact words). Schotzie tore into the FOUR dogs like a well oiled machine. No fighting or biting just asserting her dominance. I watched in disbelief as the problem was solved in short order. I was very impressed. We would sit around the campfire and talk about anything and everything. He was a very kind, slightly stern disciplinarian but without being overbearing or scary to a bunch of 11yo boys. He wanted things done correctly and demonstrated the ways to accomplish that. I never forgot him and considered him on the list of most interesting people I ever met. I had no idea he still resided in Greenville or would have visited many years ago. My condolences and sympathies to his family.