Birth: 1929
Death: 2015
Location: Lot 115, Section 7, New Addition
Donna Jean Schrock, 86, of Alda died on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, at Tiffany Square Care Center in Grand Island.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island, with the Rev. Edgar Schambach officiating.
Burial will be in the Wood River Cemetery.
Donna Jean was born on Oct. 25, 1929, in Wood River to Frank and Elizabeth (Huebner) Opp.
She grew up in Wood River and lived in the Wood River area all of her life.
She graduated from Wood River High School in 1947 and taught at District 44 Rural School.
She was united in marriage to Wallace Wrage on Nov. 24, 1949, at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in downtown Grand Island. They had two daughters, Deanna and Debra. The couple later divorced.
She was united in marriage to Don Schrock on Nov. 1, 1974, at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island.
She had various jobs while raising her family. She later went on to work in retail and worked for Tober’s until retiring in 1990.
Don preceded her in death in 2005.
She was a lifelong member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Grand Island and was very active in the St. Pauls Church Circle and funeral luncheon committee.
She was a member of the Liederkranz, Platt Duetsche Society, Extension Club and local card clubs.
When her children were growing up, she was a very dedicated 4-H mother.
Donna Jean enjoyed sewing, crafts and cooking, but her greatest enjoyment in life was her family. She especially cherished her grandchildren, and she will forever be remembered by her family as saying, “Love you the mostest!”
Those left to cherish her memory include her daughters and sons-in-law, Deanna and Ed Meedel of Grand Island and Debra and Reid Kittelson of Lincoln; grandchildren and their spouses, Chris and Teri Meedel of Dublin, Calif.; Bill and Sarah Coddington of Urbandale, Iowa; Jared and Amber Meedel of Glendale, Ariz.; Saul and Hilary Kittelson of Kansas City, Mo.; and Garrett and Rachel Kittelson of Omaha; and great-grandchildren, Abby, Ella and Chase Meedel, Thomas and James Coddington and Madden Kittelson.
Donna Jean was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Don; brothers, George, Henry, Carl and Fredrick Opp; and sister, Rosa Packer.