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Donna Falk succumbed to Alzheimers on May 1, 2013 at the Davis Hospice Center, Cheyenne, WY. A prayer service was held May 10 at 3:30 p.m. at Weiderspahn Radomsky Funeral Home in Cheyenne, WY. Funeral services will be May 17, 10 a.m., at the Basilica of St. James in Jamestown, ND. Burial at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Courtenay, ND.
Donna Marie was born to Don and Ernestine (Madsen) Rogers near Letcher, SD on December 19, 1934 and grew up in the Forestburg/Artesian/Letcher area. She earned her teaching certificate at General Beadle College in Madison, SD and taught grade school in Miller and Ree Heights, SD. She married Clifford Falk in Yankton, SD on June 17, 1957. She completed her BS at Northern State College in Aberdeen in 1968 and graduated summa cum laude.
They lived in Lake Andes, Pierre, Parkston, Madison, Sisseton, Watertown, Aberdeen, Yankton and Brookings before settling in Piedmont in 1972, where Donna taught elementary school for 10 years. Starting in 1981 Donna and Cliff followed electrical construction projects in New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Colorado, Utah, Ohio, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. They settled in Cheyenne in 1997.
Donna is survived by children Mark Falk, Cheyenne, WY and Joni (David) Kachelhoffer, Newcastle, WY; grandchildren Andrea Falk and Lane Falk, Laramie and their mother Debra Falk, Cheyenne, Charla Kachelhoffer, Wheat Ridge, CO, Kyle Kachelhoffer, Dickinson, ND, and Jay (Patricia) Kachelhoffer, Oceanside, CA; great grandchildren Annavay and Claydon Kachelhoffer; sister-in-laws Enid Rogers, Seneca, SD, Pat Barnett, West Fargo, ND, Carol Michaelson, Fargo, ND, Joyce Barnett, Valley City, ND, Eileen (David) Fields, brother-in-law Jim (Roxanne) Falk, Fargo, ND and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Clifford, her parents, and brother Verle Rogers.
A memorial has been established for Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne.
An online guest book is available at liskofuneralchapel.com.