Donna M. Stedje

Donna M. Stedje, age 79, of Dilworth, MN, died Monday, September 22, 2008, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Donna Mae Johnson Stedje was born June 15, 1929 in Kensington, MN to Clarence and Lillian Johnson. She graduated from Starbuck High School. She married Emroy Stedje on April 9, 1949. Emroy passed away in 1989. She managed Star Drive-In from 1970-1974 when she began her employment in the Records Office at Minnesota State University Moorhead. She retired in 1994 after twenty years of service. Donna loved spending time at the lakes and with family and friends.Donna is survived by her beloved friend James Nelson, one son Jeffry Stedje; two daughters Jayne Tom Washburn and Janet Dan Hohenstein; five grandchildren, Joe, Melissa, Brian, Kallan and Kiley; three great grandchildren Savanna, Ben, Carter; four brothers Gerald Char Johnson, Paul Gwen Johnson, David Deanna Johnson, Larry Karen Johnson; and a sister-in-law Joanne Johnson. She is preceded in death by her parents, a brother Herbert and a sister Marlene. She will be sadly missed. Although we mourn our separation from mother, sister, grandma and friend we rejoice that her soul has been received into the everlasting glories of heaven.