Donna Heer

Donna Heer, at the age of 86, passed away on January 21, 2016 at Ave Marie Village, in Jamestown, ND.

Donna Wiese was born February 12, 1929 in Jamestown, ND, the daughter of Gus and Angela (Brophy) Wiese. She was born at the home of her paternal grandmother, Emma Lippert; the day after her parents had traveled 20 miles to Jamestown, ND by sleigh, during a blizzard with below zero temperatures.

Donna attended elementary school at the Lippert Rural School #3, southwest of Eldridge, ND and high school at St. John’s Academy of Jamestown, ND, graduating in 1947. She then attended the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN.

After her college education she taught for two days near Spiritwood, ND and then worked at various jobs in Jamestown including; Jamestown National Bank, Jamestown ASC (later called FSA), Jamestown Motor Supply Center (later called TSC), the Jamestown Post Office and Jamestown Livestock Company.

On June 16, 1953, she married Wilbert Heer at St. James Catholic Church (now known as St. James Basilica) in Jamestown, ND.

She began working for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1967 as a Local Operator and Toll Operator. In 1976 she transferred to the Public Service Department in Fargo, ND, while still living in Jamestown, ND. She traveled western MN, ND, northern SD, and slipped into Montana on occasion as a Coin Collector of Pay Phones. This was a job she thoroughly enjoyed and made longtime friends. She retired in March of 1986, at the age of 57.

Donna enjoyed bowling, photography, traveling the United States and Europe, driving, horses, and the many people she met throughout her travels.

Survivors include a son, Paul (Lola) Heer of Jamestown, ND, two grandchildren, Liza A. Heer of Bozeman, MT and Zach E. Heer of Lewistown, MT, as well as numerous cousins.

She was preceded in death by her father in 1982 and her mother in 2002.

Visitation 1:00p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Sunday, January 24, 2016at Williams-Lisko Funeral Chapel, Jamestown, ND.

Prayer Service -7:30 p.m., Sunday, January 24, 2016at Williams-Lisko Funeral Chapel, Jamestown,

Mass of Christian Burial : 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 25, 2016 at St. James Basilica, Jamestown, ND.

Internment -Calvary Cemetery, Jamestown, ND

Memorials - in lieu of flowers, may be directed to the St. James Basilica, St. John’s Academy, the Face Foundation or the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation P.O. Box 96268, Washington, DC 20090-6268

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