Donna Mae Nowak

Donna Mae Nowak EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin -- Donna Mae Nowak, 79, of Eau Claire, passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire. Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 10, 2013, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 1712 Highland Avenue, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Burial will be at a later date at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Eau Claire. Visitation will be from 10 until 11 a.m. on Friday, May 10, 2013, at the church. Lenmark-Gomsrud-Linn Funeral and Cremation Services is assisting the family. Donna was born on August 20, 1933, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire to Henry and Anna Reidinger Solie. She graduated from St. Patrick's Catholic High School in 1951. After graduation she worked for Presto Industries. On August 18, 1953, Donna married John Nowak at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. After that she stayed home to raise their four children. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, John Nowak; children, Bob Nowak and wife, Michele, of Muscatine, Iowa, Tony J. Nowak and wife, Geralyn, of Spooner, Wisconsin, and Jackie Vinmans and husband, Peter, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin; a daughter-in-law, Mary Beth Nowak of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; gra...[more]

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hildren, Jenna and Joe Nowak of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Emily Yerington and husband, Mark, of Muscatine, Iowa, Nick, Alex, Luke, and Morgan Nowak of Muscatine, Iowa, Brandon, Bettyann, Katie, and Megan Nowak of Spooner, Wisconsin, and John Vinmans of Eau Claire, Wisconsin; great-grandson, Carter Yerington; and special nieces, nephews, in-laws, relatives, and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; oldest son, Timothy; sister, Betty Edmonds; and brother, Eugene Solie.