Groth, Donna Jean 1933 - 2017

GROTH, FLUGGE

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/22/2024 at 16:07:26

Donna Jean Groth, age 84 of Cresco died Tuesday, December 27, 2017 at the Evans Memorial Home in Cresco.

Donna was born August 11, 1933 in Afton Township near Elma IA to Edith (Flugge) and Norbert Groth. She tipped the scales at 1 ½ pounds. She slept in a shoe box on the oven door and was fed with an eye dropper. Norbert was known to carry her around in his pocket. She was baptized August 25, 1933 at home and was confirmed September 12, 1948 at St Paul’s Maple Leaf Lutheran Church. She lived in Saratoga, Bussey, Riceville, Monona, Earlville, Ames and Elma while her dad taught school. They moved to their farm near Elma in 1949. She graduated from Riceville High School in 1952. She attended Wartburg College and Hamilton Business School in Mason City IA.
Donna lived with her parents on the farm until they all moved to Cresco in 1988.

Donna was a good story-teller who enjoyed, cats reading, china painting, gardening, playing cards with her cousins, and numerous church activities. She was a “fireball” with an infectious laugh. On numerous occasions she threatened to whip us with a “wet noodle” if things didn’t go her way. She moved to Evans Home in November of 2015.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Edith in 1994 and Norbert in 1997. She is survived by her cousins and friends.

Source: Lindstrom Funeral Home database

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