Plummer, Dona Mae (Michael) (1920 - 2019)

PLUMMER, MICHAEL, CLARK, O’RILEY, KENKEL, PICKLE, ARNOLD, CARLSON, BALES

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 10/1/2019 at 11:23:30

Name of deceased: Dona Mae Plummer (nee Michael)

Aged: 98 yrs, 11 mo, 27 days

Residence: Longview Nursing Home in Missouri Valley, Pottawattamie County, IA

Born: Sep. 3, 1920; Boyer, Harrison County, IA

Died: Aug. 30, 2019; Longview Nursing Home, Missouri Valley Pottawattamie County, IA

Funeral services: Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2019; Christian Church, Logan, IA; burial was in the Bethel Cemetery, Logan, IA

Survived by: Children, Karol Clark of Elkhorn, NE, Terry Plummer (spouse, Mary Lou) of Persia, IA, Kathy O’Riley of Maryville, MO, Debbie (spouse, Jerry) Kenkel of Missouri Valley, IA and Lori (spouse, Michael) Pickle of Logan, IA; 16 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; 8 great-great-grandchildren; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Daniel Sidney Phillip Michael and Edith (nee Arnold) Michael; husband, Earl; infant daughter, Connie; son-in-law, Charles O’Riley; brothers, Edgar, Marion, Max, Robert and Daniel; sisters, Barbara, Lois, Eleanor and Verda; grandson, Christopher Plummer; great-granddaughter, Brittany Carlson; great-great-grandson, Finnigan Bales

Education: Graduated from Logan High School, Logan, IA

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Earl Vay Plummer; March 19, 1939; location not provided

Employment: Was employed briefly as a store clerk after high school and before her marriage. After that, she helped her husband farm, raising chickens, walking beans, milking cows, taking lunch to the field and cooking for the hired men; later, she also worked at the Dairy Delite, Darner’s Dime Store and for the Logan-Magnolia School District in the kitchen. In addition, she also provided daycare.

Hobbies/Interests: Playing bingo; having coffee with friends at the nursing home

Sources: ancestry.com, 1920 U. S. Federal Census; foutsfuneralhome.com