ERDMAN, Donella M. (1923-2006)

ERDMAN, MCCOY, MCLEOD, NELSON

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 3/10/2016 at 20:48:06

Donella M. Erdman, 1923-2006

December 20, 2006

Donella M. Erdman, 83, of Garner, died on Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at the Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., on Friday, December 15, at the St. Boniface Catholic Church in Garner, with Fr. Henry Huber officiating. Donna Young was the lector. Music was provided by organist, Carolyn Kumsher who accompanied the church choir. Ushers were Robert Kral and Lawrence Engstler.

Casket bearers were, Dick Voortman, Ron Hejna, Gary Schisel, Cecil Noble and Elmer Young. Burial was in the St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery in Garner. The Cataldo Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Donella Mae Erdman, the daughter of John and Aurelia Marie (McCoy) Erdman, was born on June 18, 1923, at Milford. She graduated from the Marshalltown High School and continued her education at a business college in Mason City. Donella worked for several years in Mason City before moving to California, where she worked at Boeing Aircraft.

She then moved to Des Moines where she was employed at Meredith Publishing for 12 years and later was an executive assistant for the American Chiropractic Association in Des Moines. Donella then moved to Washington D.C., where she helped with the training of chiropractors. She returned to Des Moines and was employed at the Polk County Courthouse. In 1986, she moved to Garner to help care for her family.

She was a member of the St. Boniface Catholic Church in Garner and the Rosary Society.

Donella is survived by her sisters, Kathryn McLeod of Ann Arbor, Michigan and Rose Nelson of Garden Grove, California; ten nieces and nephews, Diane, Sue, Lynne, Patrick, Paul, Anne, Joannie, Laura, Cindy and Val; and her special friend, "Pretty Kitty."

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Robert Erdman and sister, Helen Erdman.

©The Garner Leader & Signal 2006