Donna M Eldridge

DONNA M. ELDRIDGE, 83, of Kingsley, passed away, Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at Kingsley Speciality Care in Kingsley, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday March 7, 2017 at First Lutheran Church in Kingsley, Iowa, with Rev. Duane Miesner officiating. Burial will be at Kingsley Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. all at the Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley, IA. Online condolences may be sent to rohdefh.com.Donna May Lau was born March 4, 1933, Kingsley, IA, the daughter of George C. & Lydia M. (Wetrosky) Lau. She grew up in the Kingsley area graduating from Kingsley High School in 1952. On December 11, 1953, she married Wallace Eldridge at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA. She and Wallace made their home in Kingsley where they raised their family. Donna worked at the Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Kingsley for several years before retiring, she also cleaned houses for people. Her husband, Wallace passed away on July 4, 1981.Donna was a member of the Kingsley First Lutheran Church and the Red Hat Society where she was Queen for December of 2016.Survivors include one son, Randall (Monica) Eldridge of Kingsley, and one daughter, Lisa (Robert) Parrish of Cumming, GA, and six grandchildren, Amy (Jerry) Grubb, Randy Eldridge and special friend, Amber Nelson, Michael (Tasha) Eldridge, Jennifer (Jeremy) Eickholt, Amber (Chris) Rawlins, Michael Parrish & Sarah Johnson and her fiance, Walter Grimaldo, and sixteen great-grandchildren. Also, one sister, Kay (James) Wimmer of Kingsley, IA, and one sister-in-law, Frances (Robert) Schmidt, Laclede, MO.Donna was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Wallace.