She was a 1938 graduate of Battle Creek Central High School. Donna received her bachelor's degree in teaching from Western Michigan University in 1942. She taught for a year in Escanaba, MI and a year in Galesburg, MI. She worked briefly for the Kellogg Company and served for many years as a substitute teacher with the Harper Creek School District.
Donna married Richard H Cleveland on July 25, 1944. They retired to Sebring, FL in September, 1980. She returned to Battle Creek in March 2011.
Donna was a member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority in Battle Creek and a member of Atonement Lutheran Church in Sebring, FL. She loved gardening and she always had a beautiful rose garden. Donna was an avid golfer and she had been a member at Alwyn Downs Golf Course and Marshall Country Club. She enjoyed reading, and playing cards and most of all, spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband, Richard, on June 12, 2002. Donna is survived by her two sons, two grandchildren, three great-granddaughters and her sister.
Interment will be held at the Fort Custer National Cemetery.
She was a 1938 graduate of Battle Creek Central High School. Donna received her bachelor's degree in teaching from Western Michigan University in 1942. She taught for a year in Escanaba, MI and a year in Galesburg, MI. She worked briefly for the Kellogg Company and served for many years as a substitute teacher with the Harper Creek School District.
Donna married Richard H Cleveland on July 25, 1944. They retired to Sebring, FL in September, 1980. She returned to Battle Creek in March 2011.
Donna was a member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority in Battle Creek and a member of Atonement Lutheran Church in Sebring, FL. She loved gardening and she always had a beautiful rose garden. Donna was an avid golfer and she had been a member at Alwyn Downs Golf Course and Marshall Country Club. She enjoyed reading, and playing cards and most of all, spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband, Richard, on June 12, 2002. Donna is survived by her two sons, two grandchildren, three great-granddaughters and her sister.
Interment will be held at the Fort Custer National Cemetery.
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