Dona J. Lein

Dona J. Lein, 77, Moorhead, MN, died on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Dona was born on June 2, 1930, in Moorhead, MN. She grew up and attended school in Moorhead, graduating from Moorhead High School in 1948. She married Jerry Lein on September 27, 1951, in Trinity Lutheran Church, Moorhead. They lived in Fort Smith, Arkansas, while Jerry was in the service, and then they moved to Moorhead, where they made their home. Dona had retired from the Moorhead Public Schools, where she was a secretary in the Audio-Visual Department for many years. She also had an avocation as a wedding cake decorator, providing cakes for many weddings over the years. She took tickets for Moorhead High School athletics for twenty five years, volunteered for Senior Connections at the Heritage Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead, and also volunteered with Moorhead Community Education's AARP safe driver program. She loved sports and was a serious NASCAR fan. Dona was a member of the Sons of Norway, in Fargo. Her family was the most important part of her life and she was so supportive and proud of all her children and grandchildren.She is survived by her husband, Jerry, Moorhead; four sons, Jon Sylvia, Clinton, UT, David Becky, White Bear Lake, MN, Scott Cheryl, Moorhead, and Doug Becca, Fargo; one daughter, Jodi EuDale Mathiason, Ellsworth, WI; seventeen grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.