Donald L. Boyer, 94, died July 12 at Mason Health and Rehabilitation Center of Warsaw, Ind.

Boyer was born on May 10, 1932, in Claypool, Ind., to the late Lawrence and Mary (Black) Boyer. He graduated from Mentone High School in 1950. On May 3, 1968, he was united in marriage to Carol E. Rathbun in Bourbon, Ind., and she survives. In recent years, he attended South Pleasant Church near Silver Lake.

A lifelong farmer, Boyer began buying cattle in 1959 and built a career that spanned decades. In his earlier years, he worked as an auctioneer at the Liberty Mills Sale and in Sturgis, Mich. His work took him across the Midwest, from Chicago to Indianapolis and St. Louis to Nebraska, purchasing cattle. In 1998, he established Boyer Cattle Co., which he owned and operated, continuing his work in buying and selling cattle.

He is survived by his wife Carol Boyer; daughters Judy Cardwell, of Mentone, Cathy and husband Morris Folk, of Warsaw, and Barb and husband Bill Hardesty, of Warsaw; sons Dan and wife Kassie Boyer, of Tippecanoe, and Kevin Boyer, of Mentone; son-in-law Doug Westendorf; stepchildren Phil and wife Royale Smith, David and wife Amy Smith, and Michael and wife Penny Smith; 22 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; and sister Darlene and husband Burdell Blackburn, of Seymour, Tenn.

The interment was in Mentone Cemetery, Mentone, Ind.

Memorial contributions can be made in his memory to the IWMF (International Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation) 1449 S. Michigan Ave., STE 13329, Chicago, Ill. 60605.