Donna Lee (Sloan) Smith (2009)

SMITH, SLOAN, MARION, VILLOTTI, WEEKS, MITCHELL

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 1/24/2009 at 08:55:40

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
January 21, 2009

Donna Lee Smith, Earlham

Donna Lee Smith, 67, of Earlham died Jan. 17, 2009, at her home following a brief battle with cancer.

Graveside services were held Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the Earlham Cemetery with Pastor Steve Allison officiating. Memorials may be directed to Middle River Hospice or Madison County Memorial Hospital. Arrangements were handled by Kuhn Funeral Homes of Dexter, Earlham and Redfield.

Donna Smith was born July 31, 1941, to Ralph and Velma (Marion) Sloan of Dexter and was a 1959 graduate of Earlham High School. Her marriage to Willis Smith took place Oct. 24, 1959, at the All Saints Catholic Church in Stuart. Donna was a farm wife and also worked as a secretary for the Vance and Hochstetler Engineering firm in Winterset. Following Willis’s death in 1986, Donna resided on the farm until 1993, when she moved to Winterset. In August of 2007, she moved back to Earlham.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.

She is survived by two daughters, Cindy Villotti of Earlham and Shelley Weeks of Winterset; one son, Mark Smith of Winterset; a sister, Carolyn Mitchell of Des Moines; two brothers, Larry Sloan of Madrid and Bob Sloan of Adel; and 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa
January 18, 2009

DONNA L. SMITH
Earlham

Donna L. Smith, age 67 of Earlham, Iowa died at her home on Saturday January 17, 2009, following a brief battle with cancer.

Graveside funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday January 20, 2009, at the Earlham Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Kuhn Funeral Home in Earlham where the family will greet friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be directed to Middle River Hospice or the Madison County Memorial Hospital.

Donna is survived by her daughter, Cindy Villotti of Earlham; daughter, Shelley Weeks; and husband, Bob of Winterset; son, Mark Smith and wife Julie of Winterset; ten grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren; sister, Carolyn Mitchell of Des Moines; brothers, Larry Sloan and wife, Jan of Madrid and Bob Sloan of Adel; 16 nieces and nephews and many friends as well as her faithful companion, her loving Pomeranian, "Toby".

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