Funeral Mass of Chrisian Burial for 87-year-old Donna Mae (Giese) Johnson of Windom, Minnesota, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday morning, July 28, 2014, at St. James Catholic Church in St. James, Minnesota. The church is located at 623 4th Street South.
Interment will be held in Calvary Cemetery in rural St. James, located east of the city on Watonwan County Road #27.
Father Thien Nguyen will officiate at the services.
A reception at Marion Hall will follow the interment.
Visitation will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, July 27, 2014, at Sturm Funeral Home-St.James, located at 906 10th Avenue South. A second visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the service.
Donna Mae (Giese) Johnson passed away on Thursday, July 24, 2014, in Windom.
Donna Mae Frances Manderfeld was born January 2, 1927 in Comfrey, Minnesota, the daughter of John and Viola (Laux) Manderfeld. She attended school in Comfrey and graduated from high school with the Class of 1944. During high school and until 1947, she worked at People’s State Bank of Comfrey.
On December 28, 1946, she married Dale Giese. Dale and Donna Mae lived in Jeffers and owned and operated the City Cafe for five years. In November 1963, the family moved to St. James. For several years until her retirement, Donna Mae worked at the Citizen’s State Bank in St. James. Dale passed away October 12, 1977.
On April 10, 1987, Donna Mae married Earl Johnson. Earl passed away July 5, 1990.
Donna Mae enjoyed sewing, crafting, spending time with friends, traveling, church and her grandchildren. She was an active member of Catholic Daughters and the VFW Auxiliary.
She is survived by her children, Curtis (LuAnn) Giese of Windom, Eunice Carlson of Mankato,Minnesota and Carol (Richard) Munson of Glasford Illinois; brother, Delane (Merle) Manderfeld of Evanston Wyoming; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were both of her husbands, parents, infant brother, Donald Manderfeld and infant grandson, Derek Rettke.
