Vesta Jean (Donahue) BURROWS

DONAHUE, BURROWS, WALACH, MEEK, GERLING, FRANCK, OOMS, MCCARTHY, HENSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/23/2016 at 17:30:42

September 9, 1932 ---- December 19, 2016

Vesta Jean Donahue Burrows, 84, of Huntington Beach, CA formerly of Des Moines died December 19, 2016. Services will be held at a later date. She was born September 9, 1932 in Goldfield, IA to the late Charles and Alta Donahue. She was raised in Hampton, IA where she graduated from Hampton High School in 1950. Following graduation from Simpson College in 1952 she taught 5th grade in Correctionville, IA. She married Frank L. Burrows on June 3, 1953. and their marriage continued for 40 years until his passing in 1993. Vesta was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority, St Pius Catholic Church, PTA and other numerous organizations throughout her life.

She is survived by her husband, James Walach; five children, Kathryn Meek (John), John Burrows (Cheryl), Joan Gerling, Mary Franck (Nick) and Jane Ooms (Nevill); seven grandchildren, Angela McCarthy (Mark), Lara Henson (Austin), Lindsey Franck, Travis Burrows, Alison Burrows, Chandler Ooms and Olivia Ooms; five great grandchildren, Carter, Davis and Reese McCarthy and Reed and Aubrie Henson; her brother, Charles Donahue (Kathleen); and niece, Kaylie Donahue. Memorial bequests may be made to Hampton Public Library for children's books or the Iowa State Fair Agricultural Building Fund.

Des Moines Register -- Des Moines, Iowa
December 22, 2016