Donna L Larson
d. July 10, 2011
Donna L Larson
North Mankato Mortuary - NORTHVIEW
507-388-2288
Donna Lee Parks Larson, age 81, died Sunday, July 10, 2011 at Pathstone Living in Mankato.
Services are 11:00 a.m. on Monday, July 18, 2011 at First Presbyterian Church in Mankato, with Pastor Dawn Carder presiding. Visitation is 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at North Mankato Mortuary - NORTHVIEW. Burial is 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday at Fort Snelling National Cemetery with her beloved husband Daro who passed away in 2002.
Donna is survived by two sons and their families: Lars Victor Larson and his partner Juergen Steinermann of Vienna, Austria; Jeff Larson, his wife Patralekha and their daughter Upasana of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Donna had no siblings but is also survived by two dear cousins, Bill Hulsker of Detroit, Michigan and Dick Hulsker of Sunnyvale, California.
Donna was born in Hastings, Nebraska on October 31, 1929 to parents Willard and Irene (Hulsker) Parks. After high school she entered Hastings College to study journalism. While there, an upper classman caught her eye. He was a Marine WWII veteran and education major from a farming family in central Nebraska (Holdrege). Donna Lee Parks married Daro Eugene Larson on June 12, 1950 in Hastings.
They started a homestead briefly near Powell, Wyoming where their first son Jeff was born, and Donna worked as a journalist for the local newspaper. Then Daro began pursuit of his lifelong career in education, which soon led them back to Nebraska. Donna took on the household work and raising two boys as their second son, Lars Victor, arrived. After a few years in Nebraska, the family moved to Mankato in 1965 since Daro had accepted a professorship at Mankato State College.
Donna enjoyed working as Welcome Wagon Hostess in Mankato for many years and as a social person she enjoyed getting to know people and helping newcomers find the local resources they needed. She was active with the Mankato State College Faculty Club and continued a life long pursuit of a good game of bridge. She also acquired extraordinary skills as a genealogist over a period of three decades and traced various family lines back several centuries. Her research was substantial and well documented, and she left a significant library of genealogical papers and research intact. In recent years Donna enjoyed doting on her granddaughter.
Donna's wit, intelligence, sprightly sociability and love is deeply missed by friends and family alike.
507-388-2288
Donna Lee Parks Larson, age 81, died Sunday, July 10, 2011 at Pathstone Living in Mankato.
Services are 11:00 a.m. on Monday, July 18, 2011 at First Presbyterian Church in Mankato, with Pastor Dawn Carder presiding. Visitation is 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at North Mankato Mortuary - NORTHVIEW. Burial is 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday at Fort Snelling National Cemetery with her beloved husband Daro who passed away in 2002.
Donna is survived by two sons and their families: Lars Victor Larson and his partner Juergen Steinermann of Vienna, Austria; Jeff Larson, his wife Patralekha and their daughter Upasana of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Donna had no siblings but is also survived by two dear cousins, Bill Hulsker of Detroit, Michigan and Dick Hulsker of Sunnyvale, California.
Donna was born in Hastings, Nebraska on October 31, 1929 to parents Willard and Irene (Hulsker) Parks. After high school she entered Hastings College to study journalism. While there, an upper classman caught her eye. He was a Marine WWII veteran and education major from a farming family in central Nebraska (Holdrege). Donna Lee Parks married Daro Eugene Larson on June 12, 1950 in Hastings.
They started a homestead briefly near Powell, Wyoming where their first son Jeff was born, and Donna worked as a journalist for the local newspaper. Then Daro began pursuit of his lifelong career in education, which soon led them back to Nebraska. Donna took on the household work and raising two boys as their second son, Lars Victor, arrived. After a few years in Nebraska, the family moved to Mankato in 1965 since Daro had accepted a professorship at Mankato State College.
Donna enjoyed working as Welcome Wagon Hostess in Mankato for many years and as a social person she enjoyed getting to know people and helping newcomers find the local resources they needed. She was active with the Mankato State College Faculty Club and continued a life long pursuit of a good game of bridge. She also acquired extraordinary skills as a genealogist over a period of three decades and traced various family lines back several centuries. Her research was substantial and well documented, and she left a significant library of genealogical papers and research intact. In recent years Donna enjoyed doting on her granddaughter.
Donna's wit, intelligence, sprightly sociability and love is deeply missed by friends and family alike.
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