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Donna Schade
DONNA J. SCHADE
Walker
Donna J. Schade of
Walker, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, at Hiawatha Care Center, Hiawatha.
Services will be held at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 12. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Donna was born May 20, 1931, in Atkins in Benton County, Iowa, to her parents, Walter and Gladys (Risdale) Rinderknecht. She married Herbert Schade on Sept. 1, 1954, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Newhall, Iowa. Born to this union were three children, Dianne Schade, married to Les Ratekin, of Evergreen, Colo., Debbie Robbins of Tucson, Ariz., and Steven Schade, married to Nancy Schade, of Walker, Iowa. Six grandchildren, Andrew Ratekin, Carrie Westover, Ben Robbins, Joshua Schade, Jenna Schade and Carly Ratekin, as well as two great-grandchildren, Ian Westover and Elaina Westover, will miss her dearly.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Donna truly enjoyed her grandchildren, walking, reading, swimming and flowers. She was a member of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 0376, Walker, Iowa, for many years.
Memorials may be directed in her name to the family at 4200 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402.
Online condolences may be left at www.cedarmemorial.com under Obituaries.
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