Mrs. WALTER (Darlene M. Henderson) DONATH 1927-2007

MCNALLEY, HENDERSON, DONATH, REIMER, FURLONG, WAGNER, DECKER, GREMMEL, KRAUSE, BLAKEMAN

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 10/16/2007 at 18:41:15

Darlene Donath

Darlene M. Donath, age 80, of Dubuque died at Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at the Finley Hospital. Services were held Friday, August 24 at the Leonard Funeral Home & Crematory in Dubuque, with Rev. Loren Hirschy officiating. Burial was at Linwood Cemetery.

Darlene was born August 22, 1927 in Volney, the daughter of Earl and Daisy Mae (McNalley) Henderson. She married Walter Donath in Minnesota, and worked at the Battery Factory and The Dubuque Packing Co., but mostly was a devoted mother and homemaker who loved to garden.

Surviving are her children, Joan Reimer of Dubuque, Ronda (Richard) Furlong of Dubuque, Roland (Lisa) Wagner of Blue Grass, Cindy Wagner of Spragueville, Lisa (Gary) Decker of Cedar Rapids, Julie (John) Gremmel of LaMotte, and Walter P. (Marlene) Donath, Jr. of Dubuque; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Betty Krause of Dubuque.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Walter, in 1984; a daughter, Karen Blakeman, in 1971; a son, Alan Wagner, in 1993; a brother, Cpl. James Earl Henderson, in 1945; and a grandson, Roger Anderson, in 2004.

A Darlene M. Donath memorial fund has been established.

The Waukon Standard, August 29, 2007