Donna Arndt
Donna Arndt
Funeral service for Donna Arndt, 83, was held at the St. Paul Lutheran Church at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 19, with Pastor Mark Luther Johnson officiating. Interment was in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery.
Mrs. Arndt died Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at her home.
Donna (Moritz) Arndt was born March 2, 1932, in Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, to Frank and Minnie (Schmidt) Moritz. She was baptized on April 3, 1932, and confirmed in May 1945 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Redwood Falls. Donna attended District 53 and graduated from Redwood Falls High School. She married Eugene A. Arndt on August 16, 1953, and they lived from 1956-present in rural Springfield where she was a supportive wife and homemaker. Donna worked for the Smith Insurance Agency in Redwood from 1950-1956 and Miesen Color Center in Springfield from 1982-2002. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, was active as a Sunday School and Bible school teacher, and was a member of the Senior Choir, Parish Education Committee, and various other committees and boards. Donna was a charter member of the Mary Magdalene Circle and the Brookville Harmony Homemakers. She was active in the Springfield Area Nativity Theatre Association and the Nativity Pageant, St. John Home Auxiliary and Circle of Care volunteer.
Her interests were as varied as the flowers in her garden. She found such joy in gardening, canning, sewing, volunteering, and yard work. She was a designer, whether it was clothing, drapery or floral bouquets for weddings. She used her God-given talents wherever she was needed. She enjoyed socializing with friends and could always be seen with a smile on her face. Her greatest joy however was spending time with her daughters, “sons” and grandchildren. Many memories were made throughout the years as they enjoyed Donna’s delicious snacks during Happy Hour.
She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Michelle and Charlie Franklin, Tami and Joe Bockhold, Brenda and Tom Reiner, and Lisa and Greg Walsh; grandchildren, Brittany Franklin (Adam and Logan Boyum), Kelli and Jake Gerads, AJ Bockhold, Katie and Cory Jakubek, Kyle Hillesheim (Laura Dunrud), Meghan, Patrick and Colin Walsh; great-grandchild, Landon Jakubek; brother and sister-in-law, Stanley and Theresa Moritz; nieces and nephews; and special friend, Mark Hillesheim.
Donna was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Eugene, in April of 2014.
Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield was entrusted with funeral arrangements. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.sturmfh.com.