Obituary: Donna Mae Folmer
Donna MaebrFolmer, age 90, of Osage, passed away peacefully with loved ones at her side,brSaturday, June 26, 2021, at Good Samaritan Society in St. Ansgar.
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Funeral servicesbrwill be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 2, 2021, at Champion Funeral Home inbrOsage with Pastor Roy Ott officiating. Visitation is from1:00 to 2:00 p.m.brFriday at Champion Funeral Home. Following the funeral service, cremation willbrtake place with inurnment at a later date.
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Donna was born August 7, 1930 in Rudd, Iowa to Samuel Vernbrand Alma Marie (Bornstein) Roberts. She had one brother Vern, and two sistersbrMarie and Irene. Donna graduated from Rudd High School in 1949. During her highbrschool years, she enjoyed being a majorette in the band. Donna married ArthurbrShoars on September 4, 1949. From that union two children were born, MichaelbrVern and Connie Marie. During her union with Art, she worked at Stan’s DrivebrInn and enjoyed working on their farm in Orchard, Iowa. She would talk about abrhorse she had called Muppet. That union dissolved in 1974. During her years asbra single woman, she worked at Winnebago and looked forward to and enjoyedbrbecoming and Grandmother.
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Donna met Fabian Folmer, and two years later they werebrmarried on February 14, 1977. During this union Donna discovered the love ofbrgolf. They enjoyed golfing together frequently. Donna even achieved making abrhole in one… twice. Family jokes about how Donna and Fabe would go throughbrwithdrawals from not playing when family were visiting them. Donna and Fabebrlived a very full and happy life together. Donna enjoyed helping Fabe with hisbraccounting business. Throughout their years together, they were lucky to havebrthe opportunity to move around and experience life in different areas. Theybrlived in Denver, Colorado, Houston, Texas, Blue Springs, Missouri, and back tobrColorado in Loveland. Wanting to be closer to family is what brought them tobrOsage, Iowa for the rest of their years. The family have vivid memories movingbrthem to Iowa in January with 30 below weather.
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Donna was a very spirited person with lots of stories tobrtell, and she loved to them in a very entertaining way. She always had abrmischievous spark in her eyes, was very quick witted and was a joy to bebraround. Your time with Donna was never dull. It was full of sharked laughter,brjokes and an abundance of love. She was quick with a smile and a hug. She lovedbrthe time she spent with her family, that she adored and cherished. She calledbrall of the grand and great grandchildren her “kids”. Donna liked to collectbrbirdhouses and enjoyed watching the birds flutter around her bird feeders.brOccasionally, she would do some knitting. Donna was an avid card player and herbrgame of choice was 500, and was involved in Red Hatters club for a few years.
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Donna is survived by her daughter, Connie Whitten andbrdaughter-in-law Deanna Shoars; Grandchildren, Chad (Kate) Shoars, Jeremy (Lisa)brArickx, Chris (Lisa) Shoars, Jeffery (Suzy) Whitten, and Jennifer (Taner)brSimonis; Great Grandchildren, Nicolas Shoars, Natalie Shoars, Lily Whitten,brAiden Arickx, Kylah Shoars, Josephine Shoars, Alex Arickx, and Jaxon Simonis;brthree Step-Great Grandchildren; Nicholas Lenz, Jasmin McKenna, and EllenbrLenz.and one Great-Great Grandchild Kennedy Shoars.
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She is preceded in death by her parents, husbands, Art andbrFabian; son Michael; son-in-law Michael, and her siblings.
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ChampionbrFuneral Home 641-732-3706
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