(KNZA)--A former longtime area state lawmaker has died.

According to an obituary from the Harman-Rohde Funeral Home, Don Sallee, of Troy, died at his home Tuesday evening at the age of 86.

Sallee served as a state representative from 1983-1988, and then was elected to the state senate, where he served from 1988 to 1997.  Salle was then appointed as a magistrate judge in Doniphan County, retiring in 1999.

Following his retirement from public service, he started Laskco Computer.

The funeral service for Sallee will be Saturday morning at 10:00 at the New Life Church in Blair.

He is survived by his wife, Jean, and two children.