Donna Mikels Shea
Indianapolis resident, award winning journalist and public relations professional, Donna Mikels Shea, passed peacefully from this life on August 2nd, surrounded by family and friends. She was 93.
Donna was born on September 27, 1924 in Marion, Indiana. Over her career, which spanned fifty years, she won numerous awards for her ground-breaking coverage at the Indianapolis Times, where she also became the first woman acting City Editor in the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain.
She married Purple Heart veteran, Cortland W. Shea in 1951.
She was a member of the Columbia Club, The Propylaeum, the Skyline Club, The Indianapolis Press Club, The Public Relations Society of America, the Indianapolis Public Relations Society, The Players and the Contemporary Club.
She is survived by her daughter, Kelly Mikels Shea, her son, Kevin Shea and her nieces, Leisa Decker and Kim Troutt. Her husband, Cortland, predeceased her in 1994.
Friends may call at the Crown Hill Funeral Home on Wednesday, August 8th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The funeral service will begin at 1:00 p.m., followed by graveside burial service.
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