----Source: TRIBUNE-RECORD-GLEANER (Loyal, Wis.) 11/06/2002

Pasch, Donna J. (23 Augl 1947 - 1 NOV 2002)

Donna J. Pasch, 55, Marinette, died on Friday, Nov. 1, 2002, after a long battle with breast cancer. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., on Monday, Nov. 4, at Community Covenant Church, Menominee, Mich. The Rev. Dr. Mark Johnson officiated. Burial was in Fort Howard Memorial Park, Green Bay. Pallbearers were Dale Severson, Kenny Severson, Tim Thomas, Dennis Thomas, Bernie Doucette and John Gower.

Donna Jean Thomas was born on Aug. 23, 1947, in Greenwood, Clark County, Wis., to Ralph and Ethel (nee Severson) Thomas. She graduated from Loyal High School in 1965. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education from UW-Stevens Point in 1972. She worked in the Marinette office of the State Public Defender for 14 years. She married Donald Lee Pasch on June 17, 1967, in Loyal. Her interests included quilting and golfing.

Survivors include her husband, Don; two children, Angela (Dan) Conard, and Cheri Pasch; two grandchildren, Tanner and Noah; three sisters, Patsy Ann (Ronald) Pasch, Janice (Roger) Cleeton, and Linda (LeRoy) Fravert; and her mother, Ethel Thomas.

Preceding her in death was her father, Ralph Thomas, in 1999. Hansen-Onion-Martell Funeral Home, Marinette, assisted the family with arrangements.