Helen R. Donis

Helen R. Donis MUSCATINE, Iowa--Helen R. Donis, 98, of Muscatine, passed away on Thursday, May 24, 2012, at Bickford Cottage in Muscatine. Funeral Service will be 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. David Ivie will be officiating. Following the services, a time of food and fellowship will be held at First Presbyterian Church. Private family burial will take place in Muscatine Memorial Park Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at the church. Memorials may be directed to the Muscular Dystrophy Association or the First Presbyterian Church in memory of Helen. Helen R. Williams was born on October 2, 1913, in Ponca City, Oklahoma, the daughter of John and Nancy Allen Williams. On February 22, 1957, Helen was united in marriage to Thomas. D. Donis at St. Johns Methodist Church in Davenport. He precede her in death. She was a past board member of the YMCA and Area Agency on Aging. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Muscatine. She enjoyed traveling and reading, but most of all she loved to spend time with her family. Helen will be deeply missed by her niece a...[more]

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nephews, Jack Williams and wife, Kathy, of Atkinson, Illinois, Jack Kelley and wife, Edna, of Hansel, Steve Kelley of Waterloo, and Helen Bandfield and husband, Greg, of Manchester; her brothers-in law, Peter P. Donis of Peoria, Illinois, Jack Donis of Indiana, and Jim Donis of California; and her sister-in-law; Diane Finn of Fort Collins, Colorado. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one brother, Larry Williams; one sister, Beryl Kelley; one nephew, Bob Kelley; and four nieces, Susan Warren, Joan Miller, Peg Hoing and Jean Bartels.