Donnitta Carroll (Standley) HAYUNGS

HAYUNGS, STANDLEY, LUNDY, BACK, NELSON, SHAFER, KOELM, KIMBROUGH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/11/2010 at 13:40:27

The Garner Leader & Signal - Iowa
August 29, 2007

Donnitta "Doni" C. Hayungs, 66, of Garner, died on Monday, August 20, 2007, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services were held on Friday, August 24, at the United Methodist Church in Garner, with the Rev. David Wagner officiating. Music was provided by organist, Doreen Johnson. Ushers were Maynard and Marvin Schoneman. Honorary bearers were Dakota Back and Shawn Hayungs. Casket bearers were Levi, Cody and Jordan Paulsen, Steven, Darin and Mark Koelm and Jason Kimbrough. Burial was in the Concord Township Cemetery in Garner. The Cataldo Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Donnitta "Doni" Carroll Hayungs, the daughter of Donald Clark and Bernadine Elaine (Lundy) Standley was born on October 13, 1940 at Klemme. She graduated from the Clear Lake High School in 1958 and then began working for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in Garner as an operator. On November 8, 1960, she was married to Robert Hayungs at West Memphis, Arkansas. They lived in various cities and locations around the U.S. and across the globe. In March of 1979 Bob retired from the military and the family moved to Garner, where Doni managed Casey's General Store and worked at the Goodnature Annex. Doni and Bob also owned and operated the Modern Cleaners in Garner for a number of years. In 1993, Doni began attending NIACC graduating with an AA degree in 1995. She worked at the Workforce Center in Mason City for a time and then Curries in Mason City before retiring in 2000. She enjoyed her family, especially time with her grandsons, her beloved dog, Katie Jo, camping in Minnesota, having coffee with her friends and motorcycling. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Homemakers Club and was a past member of the Garner Wa-Tan-Ye Club.

Doni is survived by her two children, Denise Back (Jon Nelson) of Klemme and Scott (Sue) Hayungs of Rochester, Minnesota; her significant other, Joe Shafer of Garner; two grandchildren, Dakota Back of Klemme and Shawn Hayungs of Rochester; a brother, Donald (Lois) Standley of Garner; two sisters, Cindy (Ray) Koelm of Altamont, Illinois and Katherine (Keith) Kimbrough of Mount Pleasant; a sister-in-law, Linda Standley of Navarre, Florida; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert on June 26, 1991; parents; and a brother, James Allen Lundy Standley.