Donna Jean Yerington (1928-1997)

YERINGTON, HIPPLE, SMITH, HAMBRIGHT, BROMMELL, SHEETS, YOCK, LONERGAN

Posted By: Beverly Witmer (email)
Date: 2/13/2013 at 12:33:30

Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa – 27 April, 1997.

Donna Jean Yerington

DAVENPORT – Donna Jean Yerington, 69, a resident of Davenport, died Saturday, April 26, 1997, at her home in Davenport, after a lengthy illness. There will be no visitation. Private family services will be held on Tuesday at Davenport Memorial Park. Halligan-McCabe Funeral Home, Davenport, is in charge of arrangements.

Donna Jean Smith was born March 28, 1928, in Tipton, Iowa, the daughter of Lance and Frances (Hipple) Smith. She married Charles C. Yerington on June 15 1947, in Tipton.

She had worked for 28 years for Great River Uniserv, Davenport, retiring as the office manager in September, 1994.

She was a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church, Davenport. She was an active member of the Davenport Police Auxiliary, serving as its president for several years. She also had been a faithful and active, honorary member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority.

Donna loved to travel and was fortunate enough to spend the last several winters with her husband in Bull Head City, Ariz. Bargain shopping and frequenting the riverboat casinos were her favorite pastimes.

Survivors include her husband, Charles; a daughter, Pam Yerington; sons and daughters-in-law Phil and Shelly Yerington and Paul and Connie Yerington, all of Davenport; a granddaughter, Brandi; grandsons, Kyle, Seth and Ryan; sisters, Darlene (Mrs. Rhea) Hambright and Wilma (Mrs. William) Brommell, Davenport, Pat (Mrs. Robert) Sheets, Tipton, Iowa, and Gloria Yock, Coralville, Iowa; brothers, Duane Smith, Bloomington, Minn., and Hib Smith, Chanhassen, Minn; and a special son-in-law, Jim Lonergan, Davenport.

She was preceded in death by her brothers, Paul and Ted.

Donna’s lifetime request was that family and friends not mourn her death, but celebrate her life. Friends are invited to a gathering at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Davenport on Tuesday from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., where all can join and reminisce the “Fun Times” of her life. God bless her soul.

In lieu of flowers and plants, Donna’s wishes were for memorials to be made to the American Heart Association, the University of Iowa Hospitals Organ Transplant Unit or the Genesis VNA Hospice Care Program.