Donald K. Shearer was taken home to be with His Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ at the age of 79. He was born in Berkeley, CA and lived in Tres Pinos since 1991. He lived seven years in Hilmar where his parents published The Hilmar Enterprise and owned a commercial printing shop. He went through grammar school and high school in Garden Grove, CA and his parents published The Garden Grove News and owned a commercial printing plant. He graduated from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo with a bachelors degree in Printing. He was a commissioned officer in the US Navy Reserve serving three years aboard an amphibious attack cargo ship. He spent time as an assistant mechanical production manager, Wall Street Journal in San Francisco. He sold printing, typesetting and commercial graphic art creation for 28 years for George Lithograph Company in San Francisco. He married his wife, Jackie Hain, in 1978 in State Line, NV. He was a member of Sunnyslope Christian Center in Hollister.
He is survived by his wife, Jackie Hain Shearer of Tres Pinos, his son, Dolf Shearer (Ananda) of Walpole, ME and his granddaughter, Zinnia Shearer, his son, Kirk Shearer of San Rafael, CA, and leaves behind Hershey and Cocoa, his beloved Chocolate Labradors and his cat, Pepper, his sister, Frances Harrington of Morro Bay, CA and his niece and nephew, Ky Prevette and Brad Grew. He is preceded in death by his sister, Roberta Gray.
Private cremation will be followed by private family inurnment.
Donations are preferred to Hospice of the Central Coast, c/o Black Cooper Sander Funeral Home, 363 7th St. Hollister, CA 95023.
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