Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Raymond is being planned for a later date. Interment will be in Roseland Cemetery at Sanborn. Sanborn Funeral Home is assisting with the arrangements.
Donna Jean (Pry) Raymond was born July 21, 1934 in Sioux City, the daughter of Glen E. Pry and Lottie L. (Roberts) Pry. She was raised in the Bronson and Sioux City areas. Donna graduated from Central High School in Sioux City in 1952.
She was united in marriage to Dean Russell Raymond on March 1, 1957, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. To this union two daughters were born: Deborah Jean, on July 1, 1958, and Deanna Jo, on July 1, 1959.
Donna was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Sanborn where she served as a deacon, trustee and elder throughout the years. She was a member of the Sanborn Mi’Ono Club and enjoyed the time she spent with her card club ladies.
After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, she spent her remaining weeks in the home of her daughter, Deanna, surrounded by her family and friends. She went to be with the Lord on Friday, June 5, 2020, at the age of 85.
She is survived by her daughters: Debbie Moser, of Sioux Falls, S.D.; and Deanna (Mike) Bohnenkamp, of Remsen. Donna has two very special granddaughters: Katelyn Jo Bohnenkamp and Abby Michelle Bohnenkamp. She was also blessed with two very special great-granddaughters: KyLeigh Jo Pottebaum and Braelynn Jo Pottebaum. Her girls were very special to her, all six of them. She is also survived by two step-grandsons: Joshua (Melinda) Moser, of Rock Rapids, and Travis (Dawn) Moser, of St. James, Minn.; as well as seven step-great-grandchildren: Paige, Earl, Miller, Aaliyah, Lane, Trey and Brantley Moser.
She is also survived by her brothers: John (Diane) Pry, of Merrill; and Clifford (Ronda) Pry, of Sanborn; sisters: Kathy Palmer, of Sioux City; Dawn Pry, of LeMars; Shelly Sommers, of Hartford, S.D.; and Jana (Teny) Fitzgerald, of LeMars: sisters-in-law: Margaret Pry, of Hawarden; Ardis Dummett, of Sanborn; Sherryl (Jack) Jones, of Wahpeton; and Barbara Pry, of Sanborn: and many special nieces and nephews.
Donna was preceded in death by her husband, Dean; her parents, Glen and Norene Pry and Lottie and Fred Card; brothers: Harold Pry and Gene Pry; sisters: Jeanette (Pry) Erikson and Judy Kay Pry; father and mother-in-law, Merton and Ferne Raymond; brothers and sisters-in-law: Harlyn and Jeanette Raymond, Gayle and Bonnie Raymond, Bill Dummett, Joe Sommers and Andrew Palmer; and nephews: Brian Jones and Trent Sommers.
