DONNA FAE VAN METRE WAS BORN AUGUST 1, 1926 TO ERVY HALEY AND IDA(SHARP) HALEY AT HOME IN THE RURAL SPARKS AREA IN CHERRY COUNTY NEBRASKA. SHE PASSED ON MARCH 1, 2020 AT THE GOSHEN COUNTY CARE CENTER IN TORRINGTON, WYOMING.
DONNA FAE, ALSO KNOWN AS “FAE”, COMPLETED HER FORMAL EDUCATION IN MILLBORO, SOUTH DAKOTA AND GRADUATED FROM KEYA PAHA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943. SHE OBTAINED HER TEACHING CERTIFICATE AFTER GRADUATION, GOING ON TO WORK AS A TEACHER.
SHE MET DAVID VAN METRE, THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL. DAVID AND DONNA FAE WERE UNITED IN MARRIAGE ON JANUARY 12, 1946 IN VALENTINE, NEBRASKA, TO THIS UNION FOUR CHILDREN WERe BORN: KAROLYN, SANDY, DAVID LEE, AND TERRI LYNN. DAVID AND DONNA FAE SHARED A DOUBLE RING CEREMONY WITH HER SISTER ELLEN AND KEITH THOMAS.
THE FIRST PART OF THEIR MARRIAGE WAS SPENT ON THE FARMLAND OF BERT SHARP, WHO WAS DONNA FAE’S GRANDFATHER, BETWEEN THE NORDEN AND SPARKS, NEBRASKA AREA. IN THE EARLY 60’S THEY MOVED TO SPRINGVIEW, NEBRASKA.
UPON MOVING TO SPRINGVIEW, DONNA FAE BEGAN ATTENDING THE LOCAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND BECAME A MEMBER. SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE UNITED METHODIST WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION(U.M.W.), TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND HELPED ORGANIZE HARVEST HOME AND FUNERAL DINNERS. SHE WAS FULLY INVOLVED IN HER CHURCHES ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES AND WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO LEND A HAND WITH ANY CHURCH ACTIVITY THAT NEEDED DONE.
SHE BOARDED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, MANAGED THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROGRAM (HILAND HOMES), AND DID CUSTODIAL WORK AT THE LOCAL BANK. UPON RETIREMENT SHE ORGANIZED COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVES, SOLD MARY KAY COSMETICS AND WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL SENIOR CENTER. DONNA FAE HAD A STRONG SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY AND A STRONG LOVE FOR HER COMMUNITY. SHE OFTEN CALLED ON PEOPLE WITH BAKED GOODS OR A JAR OF HOMEMADE JELLY.
DONNA FAE HAD THE HEART OF CHRIST AND SHE SPENT MUCH OF HER TIME AT THE KITCHEN TABLE FULFILLING HER TO DUTY TO OTHERS AND TO HER LORD, BY WRITING CARDS AND LETTERS, WHICH SHE CONSIDERED TO BE HER MINISTRY IN LIFE. FOR THIS AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN QUALITIES SHE WAS AWARDED THE “GOOD NEIGHBOR” AWARD FROM MODERN WOODMEN. SHE LOVED TO DANCE AND ATTEND FAMILY GATHERINGS. SHE ALSO ENJOYED QUILTING, CROCHETING, GARDENING(ESPECIALLY HER FLOWERS) AND “WALKING AROUND TOWN” WITH HER FRIENDS.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, DAVID VAN METRE, HER PARENTS ERVY AND IDA HALEY, HER IN-LAWS HARDIN AND MARCELLA VAN METRE. HER SIBLINGS ALBERT EUGENE, MILDRED(OLIVER) LANGSTON, DON(LORRAINE) HALEY, DOYLE(ALVINA) HALEY, ELLEN(KEITH) THOMAS, ELEATHA, BROTHER-IN-LAW (ED PRENTICE) AND HER SONS-IN-LAW RON GREXA AND RON BILLINGS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SISTER, HAZEL PRENTICE OF GORDON, NE. SISTER-IN-LAW JAN(STAN) LIBOLT OF SPRINGIVEW, NE.; HER CHILDREN-KAROLYN(JIM) STOVALL OF TORRINGTON,WYO. SANDY BILLINGS, VALENTINE,NE. DAVID LEE(JOLENE) VAN METRE OF BURKE, SD. TERRI LYNN(RANDY) HILL OF COLORADO SPRINGS,CO. HER GRANDCHILDREN-CHAD(TANYA)BILLINGS, COBY(KIM)BILLINGS, TYLER(VALERIE) VAN METRE, ANDREW(REBEKAH) GREXA, ERIC GREXA, GREAT GRANDCHILDERN CADEN, CLAY, COURTNEY BILLINGS, ALESE AND EMERSON VAN METRE. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY STEP-GRANDCHILDERN, STEP-GREAT GRANDCHILDERN, COUSINS, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS.
DONNA FAE TRULY LOVED HER LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!
Funeral service for Donna Van Metre age 93 of Torrington, WY and formally from Springview will be held on Saturday, March 7th at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church in Springview. Burial will follow at the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Springview. Sandoz of the Pines is in charge of the arrangements.
DONNA FAE, ALSO KNOWN AS “FAE”, COMPLETED HER FORMAL EDUCATION IN MILLBORO, SOUTH DAKOTA AND GRADUATED FROM KEYA PAHA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943. SHE OBTAINED HER TEACHING CERTIFICATE AFTER GRADUATION, GOING ON TO WORK AS A TEACHER.
SHE MET DAVID VAN METRE, THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL. DAVID AND DONNA FAE WERE UNITED IN MARRIAGE ON JANUARY 12, 1946 IN VALENTINE, NEBRASKA, TO THIS UNION FOUR CHILDREN WERe BORN: KAROLYN, SANDY, DAVID LEE, AND TERRI LYNN. DAVID AND DONNA FAE SHARED A DOUBLE RING CEREMONY WITH HER SISTER ELLEN AND KEITH THOMAS.
THE FIRST PART OF THEIR MARRIAGE WAS SPENT ON THE FARMLAND OF BERT SHARP, WHO WAS DONNA FAE’S GRANDFATHER, BETWEEN THE NORDEN AND SPARKS, NEBRASKA AREA. IN THE EARLY 60’S THEY MOVED TO SPRINGVIEW, NEBRASKA.
UPON MOVING TO SPRINGVIEW, DONNA FAE BEGAN ATTENDING THE LOCAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND BECAME A MEMBER. SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE UNITED METHODIST WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION(U.M.W.), TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND HELPED ORGANIZE HARVEST HOME AND FUNERAL DINNERS. SHE WAS FULLY INVOLVED IN HER CHURCHES ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES AND WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO LEND A HAND WITH ANY CHURCH ACTIVITY THAT NEEDED DONE.
SHE BOARDED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, MANAGED THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROGRAM (HILAND HOMES), AND DID CUSTODIAL WORK AT THE LOCAL BANK. UPON RETIREMENT SHE ORGANIZED COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVES, SOLD MARY KAY COSMETICS AND WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL SENIOR CENTER. DONNA FAE HAD A STRONG SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY AND A STRONG LOVE FOR HER COMMUNITY. SHE OFTEN CALLED ON PEOPLE WITH BAKED GOODS OR A JAR OF HOMEMADE JELLY.
DONNA FAE HAD THE HEART OF CHRIST AND SHE SPENT MUCH OF HER TIME AT THE KITCHEN TABLE FULFILLING HER TO DUTY TO OTHERS AND TO HER LORD, BY WRITING CARDS AND LETTERS, WHICH SHE CONSIDERED TO BE HER MINISTRY IN LIFE. FOR THIS AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN QUALITIES SHE WAS AWARDED THE “GOOD NEIGHBOR” AWARD FROM MODERN WOODMEN. SHE LOVED TO DANCE AND ATTEND FAMILY GATHERINGS. SHE ALSO ENJOYED QUILTING, CROCHETING, GARDENING(ESPECIALLY HER FLOWERS) AND “WALKING AROUND TOWN” WITH HER FRIENDS.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, DAVID VAN METRE, HER PARENTS ERVY AND IDA HALEY, HER IN-LAWS HARDIN AND MARCELLA VAN METRE. HER SIBLINGS ALBERT EUGENE, MILDRED(OLIVER) LANGSTON, DON(LORRAINE) HALEY, DOYLE(ALVINA) HALEY, ELLEN(KEITH) THOMAS, ELEATHA, BROTHER-IN-LAW (ED PRENTICE) AND HER SONS-IN-LAW RON GREXA AND RON BILLINGS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SISTER, HAZEL PRENTICE OF GORDON, NE. SISTER-IN-LAW JAN(STAN) LIBOLT OF SPRINGIVEW, NE.; HER CHILDREN-KAROLYN(JIM) STOVALL OF TORRINGTON,WYO. SANDY BILLINGS, VALENTINE,NE. DAVID LEE(JOLENE) VAN METRE OF BURKE, SD. TERRI LYNN(RANDY) HILL OF COLORADO SPRINGS,CO. HER GRANDCHILDREN-CHAD(TANYA)BILLINGS, COBY(KIM)BILLINGS, TYLER(VALERIE) VAN METRE, ANDREW(REBEKAH) GREXA, ERIC GREXA, GREAT GRANDCHILDERN CADEN, CLAY, COURTNEY BILLINGS, ALESE AND EMERSON VAN METRE. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY STEP-GRANDCHILDERN, STEP-GREAT GRANDCHILDERN, COUSINS, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS.
DONNA FAE TRULY LOVED HER LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!
Funeral service for Donna Van Metre age 93 of Torrington, WY and formally from Springview will be held on Saturday, March 7th at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church in Springview. Burial will follow at the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Springview. Sandoz of the Pines is in charge of the arrangements.
DONNA FAE VAN METRE WAS BORN AUGUST 1, 1926 TO ERVY HALEY AND IDA(SHARP) HALEY AT HOME IN THE RURAL SPARKS AREA IN CHERRY COUNTY NEBRASKA. SHE PASSED ON MARCH 1, 2020 AT THE GOSHEN COUNTY CARE CENTER IN TORRINGTON, WYOMING.
DONNA FAE, ALSO KNOWN AS “FAE”, COMPLETED HER FORMAL EDUCATION IN MILLBORO, SOUTH DAKOTA AND GRADUATED FROM KEYA PAHA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943. SHE OBTAINED HER TEACHING CERTIFICATE AFTER GRADUATION, GOING ON TO WORK AS A TEACHER.
SHE MET DAVID VAN METRE, THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL. DAVID AND DONNA FAE WERE UNITED IN MARRIAGE ON JANUARY 12, 1946 IN VALENTINE, NEBRASKA, TO THIS UNION FOUR CHILDREN WERe BORN: KAROLYN, SANDY, DAVID LEE, AND TERRI LYNN. DAVID AND DONNA FAE SHARED A DOUBLE RING CEREMONY WITH HER SISTER ELLEN AND KEITH THOMAS.
THE FIRST PART OF THEIR MARRIAGE WAS SPENT ON THE FARMLAND OF BERT SHARP, WHO WAS DONNA FAE’S GRANDFATHER, BETWEEN THE NORDEN AND SPARKS, NEBRASKA AREA. IN THE EARLY 60’S THEY MOVED TO SPRINGVIEW, NEBRASKA.
UPON MOVING TO SPRINGVIEW, DONNA FAE BEGAN ATTENDING THE LOCAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND BECAME A MEMBER. SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE UNITED METHODIST WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION(U.M.W.), TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND HELPED ORGANIZE HARVEST HOME AND FUNERAL DINNERS. SHE WAS FULLY INVOLVED IN HER CHURCHES ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES AND WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO LEND A HAND WITH ANY CHURCH ACTIVITY THAT NEEDED DONE.
SHE BOARDED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, MANAGED THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROGRAM (HILAND HOMES), AND DID CUSTODIAL WORK AT THE LOCAL BANK. UPON RETIREMENT SHE ORGANIZED COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVES, SOLD MARY KAY COSMETICS AND WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL SENIOR CENTER. DONNA FAE HAD A STRONG SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY AND A STRONG LOVE FOR HER COMMUNITY. SHE OFTEN CALLED ON PEOPLE WITH BAKED GOODS OR A JAR OF HOMEMADE JELLY.
DONNA FAE HAD THE HEART OF CHRIST AND SHE SPENT MUCH OF HER TIME AT THE KITCHEN TABLE FULFILLING HER TO DUTY TO OTHERS AND TO HER LORD, BY WRITING CARDS AND LETTERS, WHICH SHE CONSIDERED TO BE HER MINISTRY IN LIFE. FOR THIS AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN QUALITIES SHE WAS AWARDED THE “GOOD NEIGHBOR” AWARD FROM MODERN WOODMEN. SHE LOVED TO DANCE AND ATTEND FAMILY GATHERINGS. SHE ALSO ENJOYED QUILTING, CROCHETING, GARDENING(ESPECIALLY HER FLOWERS) AND “WALKING AROUND TOWN” WITH HER FRIENDS.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, DAVID VAN METRE, HER PARENTS ERVY AND IDA HALEY, HER IN-LAWS HARDIN AND MARCELLA VAN METRE. HER SIBLINGS ALBERT EUGENE, MILDRED(OLIVER) LANGSTON, DON(LORRAINE) HALEY, DOYLE(ALVINA) HALEY, ELLEN(KEITH) THOMAS, ELEATHA, BROTHER-IN-LAW (ED PRENTICE) AND HER SONS-IN-LAW RON GREXA AND RON BILLINGS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SISTER, HAZEL PRENTICE OF GORDON, NE. SISTER-IN-LAW JAN(STAN) LIBOLT OF SPRINGIVEW, NE.; HER CHILDREN-KAROLYN(JIM) STOVALL OF TORRINGTON,WYO. SANDY BILLINGS, VALENTINE,NE. DAVID LEE(JOLENE) VAN METRE OF BURKE, SD. TERRI LYNN(RANDY) HILL OF COLORADO SPRINGS,CO. HER GRANDCHILDREN-CHAD(TANYA)BILLINGS, COBY(KIM)BILLINGS, TYLER(VALERIE) VAN METRE, ANDREW(REBEKAH) GREXA, ERIC GREXA, GREAT GRANDCHILDERN CADEN, CLAY, COURTNEY BILLINGS, ALESE AND EMERSON VAN METRE. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY STEP-GRANDCHILDERN, STEP-GREAT GRANDCHILDERN, COUSINS, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS.
DONNA FAE TRULY LOVED HER LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!
Funeral service for Donna Van Metre age 93 of Torrington, WY and formally from Springview will be held on Saturday, March 7th at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church in Springview. Burial will follow at the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Springview. Sandoz of the Pines is in charge of the arrangements.
DONNA FAE, ALSO KNOWN AS “FAE”, COMPLETED HER FORMAL EDUCATION IN MILLBORO, SOUTH DAKOTA AND GRADUATED FROM KEYA PAHA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943. SHE OBTAINED HER TEACHING CERTIFICATE AFTER GRADUATION, GOING ON TO WORK AS A TEACHER.
SHE MET DAVID VAN METRE, THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL. DAVID AND DONNA FAE WERE UNITED IN MARRIAGE ON JANUARY 12, 1946 IN VALENTINE, NEBRASKA, TO THIS UNION FOUR CHILDREN WERe BORN: KAROLYN, SANDY, DAVID LEE, AND TERRI LYNN. DAVID AND DONNA FAE SHARED A DOUBLE RING CEREMONY WITH HER SISTER ELLEN AND KEITH THOMAS.
THE FIRST PART OF THEIR MARRIAGE WAS SPENT ON THE FARMLAND OF BERT SHARP, WHO WAS DONNA FAE’S GRANDFATHER, BETWEEN THE NORDEN AND SPARKS, NEBRASKA AREA. IN THE EARLY 60’S THEY MOVED TO SPRINGVIEW, NEBRASKA.
UPON MOVING TO SPRINGVIEW, DONNA FAE BEGAN ATTENDING THE LOCAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND BECAME A MEMBER. SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE UNITED METHODIST WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION(U.M.W.), TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND HELPED ORGANIZE HARVEST HOME AND FUNERAL DINNERS. SHE WAS FULLY INVOLVED IN HER CHURCHES ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES AND WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO LEND A HAND WITH ANY CHURCH ACTIVITY THAT NEEDED DONE.
SHE BOARDED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, MANAGED THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROGRAM (HILAND HOMES), AND DID CUSTODIAL WORK AT THE LOCAL BANK. UPON RETIREMENT SHE ORGANIZED COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVES, SOLD MARY KAY COSMETICS AND WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL SENIOR CENTER. DONNA FAE HAD A STRONG SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY AND A STRONG LOVE FOR HER COMMUNITY. SHE OFTEN CALLED ON PEOPLE WITH BAKED GOODS OR A JAR OF HOMEMADE JELLY.
DONNA FAE HAD THE HEART OF CHRIST AND SHE SPENT MUCH OF HER TIME AT THE KITCHEN TABLE FULFILLING HER TO DUTY TO OTHERS AND TO HER LORD, BY WRITING CARDS AND LETTERS, WHICH SHE CONSIDERED TO BE HER MINISTRY IN LIFE. FOR THIS AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN QUALITIES SHE WAS AWARDED THE “GOOD NEIGHBOR” AWARD FROM MODERN WOODMEN. SHE LOVED TO DANCE AND ATTEND FAMILY GATHERINGS. SHE ALSO ENJOYED QUILTING, CROCHETING, GARDENING(ESPECIALLY HER FLOWERS) AND “WALKING AROUND TOWN” WITH HER FRIENDS.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, DAVID VAN METRE, HER PARENTS ERVY AND IDA HALEY, HER IN-LAWS HARDIN AND MARCELLA VAN METRE. HER SIBLINGS ALBERT EUGENE, MILDRED(OLIVER) LANGSTON, DON(LORRAINE) HALEY, DOYLE(ALVINA) HALEY, ELLEN(KEITH) THOMAS, ELEATHA, BROTHER-IN-LAW (ED PRENTICE) AND HER SONS-IN-LAW RON GREXA AND RON BILLINGS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SISTER, HAZEL PRENTICE OF GORDON, NE. SISTER-IN-LAW JAN(STAN) LIBOLT OF SPRINGIVEW, NE.; HER CHILDREN-KAROLYN(JIM) STOVALL OF TORRINGTON,WYO. SANDY BILLINGS, VALENTINE,NE. DAVID LEE(JOLENE) VAN METRE OF BURKE, SD. TERRI LYNN(RANDY) HILL OF COLORADO SPRINGS,CO. HER GRANDCHILDREN-CHAD(TANYA)BILLINGS, COBY(KIM)BILLINGS, TYLER(VALERIE) VAN METRE, ANDREW(REBEKAH) GREXA, ERIC GREXA, GREAT GRANDCHILDERN CADEN, CLAY, COURTNEY BILLINGS, ALESE AND EMERSON VAN METRE. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY STEP-GRANDCHILDERN, STEP-GREAT GRANDCHILDERN, COUSINS, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS.
DONNA FAE TRULY LOVED HER LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!
Funeral service for Donna Van Metre age 93 of Torrington, WY and formally from Springview will be held on Saturday, March 7th at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church in Springview. Burial will follow at the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Springview. Sandoz of the Pines is in charge of the arrangements.
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