Donna J. (Noack) MURPHY

NOACK, MURPHY, LINDSAY, FRAZIER, OMARA

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/24/2007 at 16:59:58

Donna J. (Noack) Murphy, 55, passed away Tuesday, February 13, 2007, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, IA. A gathering of friends and relatives will be held Saturday February 24, 2007, from 10to 11:30 a.m. at Ewing Dugger Helgeson Funeral Home 602 North Main Street in Clarion with inurnment immediately following the gathering at St. John's Catholic Cemetery in Clarion.

Donna (Noack) Murphy daughter of Dale and Arlene Noack, was born on April 2, 1951, in Perry, IA and graduated from Hoover High School in 1969. She lived in Iowa City, Iowa and Lincoln, Nebraska before moving back to central Iowa in 1979. She was devoted to her husband and to her son Ryan. Donna lost her beloved husband Mike in October of 2004. Donna was a talented artist and enjoyed her garden and her home. She worked for Hy-Vee foods until the onset of her illness. Donna was also very close to her two cats, Bear and Church, who have been adopted by her sister Janice.

Donna is survived by her son, Ryan of Des Moines; parents, Dale and Arlene (Lindsay Noack); and sisters, Carol Murphy of Omaha, Janice Frazier of Pleasant Hill, and Kathryn O'Mara of Indianola. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mike. Memorial contributions may be made to Mercy Hospice of Johnston.

Des Moines Register, The (IA)
February 20, 2007