Donna Jean Wallace
October 28, 2013
Donna Jean Wallace was born March 11, 1925, in Anita, Iowa, to Clarence and Edith Mattheis. She will be remembered by her family and everyone fortunate enough to have known her as a warm, nurturing woman. She loved her family and was an amazing grandmother. Donna was extremely hard working. She enjoyed sewing and baking, along with hunting for bargains at garage sales. Many memories were made camping and traveling with her beloved husband of 65 years, Raymond.
Donna passed away peacefully Monday, October 28, 2013, at Taylor House Hospice. She was 88 years old. She is survived by her son, Thomas (Carla) of Bondurant, son, Duane (Cheryl) of Des Moines, and daughter, Marla (Gary) Grove of Runnells. She is also survived by her sister, Dorothy Ross of San Diego, CA, nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, Raymond.
Services will be held at Hamilton’s Altoona Funeral Home, 105 4th St SW, Altoona. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, October 31, 2013. Funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, November 1, followed by burial at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the Animal Rescue League in loving memory of Donna.
Condolences may be expressed at:
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com
Kay Ross Slater and Families In San Diego
11/09/2013
Dear Marla, Tom and Duane and families: We are so sorry to not know sooner. We send out deepest regrets at your loss. We know you loved her a lot and she was a wonderful and loving aunt. Her sister Dorothy will be so sad to learn of her passing. We love you all and weep at your loss of your mother and best friend. She will be dearly missed. We are glad to have been blessed by her presence in our lives. Kay
The Shores
11/04/2013
She is greatly missed, and our condolences to her family. She was a lovely woman and we were lucky to get to know her here at The Shores.
LYDIA GERHART
10/30/2013
Donna was my neighbor and my bus driver. I have a few stories only things Donna would think of doing...she stopped the school bus in the pouring rain so I could pick a puppy up out of the middle of the road and take it back home, we were on the way to school too. I had that dog until long after I married. She'd sew a school project for me at the last minute. I am sure she was glad I learned to sew soon after that. She brought me a pair of curtains when I moved back to the country, across the street from her place and next to my Dad's farm. I still think of her everytime I see them. She was a wonderful friend to me. Lydia