Donna Mae Schilling

George, Iowa

      Donna Schilling, age 69, of George, Iowa passed away, Saturday, May 6, 2023, at Sanford Hospital in Sheldon, Iowa.

      Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at Zoar Presbyterian Church, rural George, IA with Rev. Ellen Campbell Gardner, officiating.   Burial will follow in the Pleasantview Cemetery in Little Rock.

      Visitation with family present will take place Tuesday, May 9th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Jurrens Funeral Home in George.

      Donna Mae (Boltjes) Schilling was born January 29, 1954, to Art and Marian (Tjepkes) Boltjes. She grew up on a farm outside of Ellsworth, MN.  She attended and graduated from Ellsworth High in 1972.  She was united in marriage to LaVerle Schilling on September 16, 1972.  After marriage they lived in Spencer, moving to rural Adrian, and finally settling on the family farm outside of George.  Here they raised their family, produced eggs, hogs, and farmed.  Donna cleaned homes for families in Sioux Falls for almost 20 years.  She loved reading a good book, working outdoors, golf, traveling, and especially spending time with her family and friends.  She was a member of the Zoar Presbyterian Church.

     Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Aimee (Gary) Clarke, Fulda, MN; Valerie Schaeppi, Harrisburg, SD and Troy Schilling, George, IA; grandchildren, Taylor, Brody, Logan, Carson, Olivia, Hayden, and Emma; her best friend and companion, Neil Roberts, Worthington, MN; her beloved family, mother, Marian Boltjes; sister, Sandi Groen; brother, Lonnie (Diane) Boltjes and sister, Audrey Boltjes; many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

     She is preceded in death by her husband, LaVerle; her father, Art, and her father and mother-in-law, Louis and Mildred Schilling.

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