Donna Wakefield

Donna M. Wakefield, age 79, of Litchfield, MN, died on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at the Dassel Lakeside Nursing Home in Dassel, MN. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, April 6, 2009 at Ostmark Lutheran Church, rural Watkins, MN with Pastor Melinda Melhus officiating. Visitation will be held from 2:00 - 5:00 PM on Sunday at the Johnson-Hagglund Funeral Home, Litchfield, MN. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at church on Monday. Interment will be in the Ostmark Lutheran Cemetery, Watkins, MN. Donna Marie Wakefield, the daughter of John and Lilly (Hanson) Johnson, was born on May 27, 1929 in Watkins, MN. She attended high school in Litchfield, graduating in 1945. She was united in marriage to Gerald Wakefield at the Ostmark Lutheran Church in Watkins on June 21, 1947. Throughout her life Donna lived in the Forest City and Litchfield area. She worked for the Meeker County Deputy Register of Deeds and was abstractor for Thomton, Sperry and Jensen. She was a member of Ostmark Lutheran Church where she was active with WELCA. She was also an active member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary, the D.A.V. Auxiliary, the Military Order of the Purple Heart Auxiliary and was past president of the American Legion Auxiliary. Donna enjoyed reading, bowling, knitting and crocheting. She also enjoyed watching the Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Vikings. Donna is survived by her children Rebecca (and John) Breene of Cadott, Wisconsin, Priscilla (and Bruce) Mumford of Litchfield, MN and Jameson (and Stacia) Wakefield of Buffalo, MN; 7 grandchildren Sarah Piepenburg, Aaron (and Becky) Mumford, Brian (Sofya) Mumford, Elisabeth Mumford, Alec Wakefield, Braden Wakefield and Brock Wakefield and 1 great grandchild Atticus Mumford. She is also survived by her sisters-in-law Gloria Boline, Myrt Johnson and Regina Johnson and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Gerald; brothers Donald Johnson, Vernon Johnson, Lincoln Johnson and Lyle Johnson; and sisters Frances Jorgensen, Eleanor Easley and Margaret Elstad.