Donna Ruth Schulz 1932 - 2017
SCHULZ, LYON, MIDDLETON
Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/25/2017 at 07:49:34
Onawa Democrat
12 July 2017Donna Ruth Schulz, 85, of Blencoe, passed away on Sunday, July 2, at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting.
Prayer Service: 6 p.m., Thursday, July 7, with visitation to follow until 8 p.m., at Hennessey Funeral Home in Missouri Valley.
Funeral Services: 10 a.m., Friday, July 7, United Methodist Church, Modale.
Officiating: Pastor Gideon Gallo.
Organist: Dan Hutchinson.
Congregational Selection: “Old Rugged Cross,” “It Is Well With My Soul,” “Amazing Grace.”
Honorary Bearers: Brandi Rock, Rebecca Graham, Amanda Klement, Sidney Schulz, Jessica Schulz, Samantha Schulz.
Casket Bearers: Jason Holtz, Jeremy Holtz, Vincent Nagel, Matthew Schulz, Rick Schulz, Ronnie Schulz.
Final Resting Place: Calhoun Cemetery, Missouri Valley.
Lunch and Fellowship: At United Methodist Church following the Committal Service at the cemetery.
Donna was born July 2, 1932, in Omaha, Neb., to Clarence George “Fat” and Ruth Evelyn (Lyon) Middleton.
Donna married Carl Howard Schulz on Dec. 14, 1952. Carl passed away on Aug. 2, 1998.
Donna was a member of the Methodist Church. She enjoyed helping on the farm, gardening and canning, and she loved to travel and to go to all the grandkids’ events. She crocheted, played cards with the neighbors, and always looked forward to the family tradition of going to Okoboji every year. Wherever she went, Ellie, her companion dog, would be by her side.
Donna is preceded in death by her grandparents; parents; husband, Carl Schulz; and brother, Robert Middleton.
Survivors include her daughters, Debbie Holtz and husband, Ken, of Omaha, Neb., Karen Nagel and husband, Bob, of Grand Island, Neb., and Kathy Rock of Onawa; sons, Ronnie Schulz and wife, Sheri, of Modale, and Rick Schulz and wife, Becky, of Coralville; sister, Carol Cleaver of Sioux City; sister-in-law, Deb Middleton of Melba, Idaho; and grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like memorials to Blencoe Community Center, Blencoe Fire Department, or Modale United Methodist Church.
Arrangements by Hennessey Funeral Home in Missouri Valley.
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