Donna Jean Carpenter

Donna Jean Carpenter, 87, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 9:30 am, Saturday, September 30, 2017 at Parkview Wabash Hospital. She was born April 29, 1930 in Wabash, to Durelle “Gus” and Vera (Meredith) Mather.

Donna was a 1948 graduate of Wabash High School. She retired from Halderman Farm Management where she had worked as a secretary in the office. She had also worked in the offices at General Tire and Container Corporation, both in Wabash. She was a member of the Wabash Christian Church since 1944, the Woman’s Clubhouse Association, and a member and volunteer at the Wabash County Historical Museum. She was a former member and past president of the Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority, a volunteer for Meals on Wheels and Grandma’s Fudge. She loved her cats.

She is survived by her son, Gary Carpenter of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and sisters-in-law, Betty Mather and Phyllis Rogge, both of Wabash. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her brothers, Donald and Jack Mather.

Funeral services will be 10:00 am Thursday, October 5, 2017 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Rev. Haley Asberry officiating. Entombment will be in the Chapel of Remembrance Mausoleum at Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 5-7 pm Wednesday, at the funeral home.

Preferred memorial is The Animal Shelter of Wabash County.

The memorial guest book for Donna may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.

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