Donna Louise Smucker

The service will be livestreamed.  This link will go live 5 to 10 minutes prior to the

funeral service Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 11 a.m. EST;

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3798171524?pwd=eWpFZUR6bDBFOG1zUXROclhERzRmZz09

Donna Louise Smucker was born in Sugarcreek, OH, on March 15, 1931, and passed away at noon on Sunday, February 16, 2025.  Donna was the daughter of Clayton and Sophia Gerber of Walnut Creek, OH, and married John Robert Smucker on July 21, 1956 at Walnut Creek Mennonite Church.  Donna is survived by two sisters, Nancy (Dick) Graber of Salem, MO, and Margaret (Brian) Stoltzfus of Goshen, IN.  Donna and John were parents to four children, Elisabeth (Michael) Grieser of Goshen, IN; John David (Beth) Smucker of Goshen, IN; Emily (Lorin) Beidler of Lancaster, PA; and Steve (Judy) Smucker of Huntsville, TX.  They enjoyed their ten grandchildren, including Nathan (Kate) Grieser; Sarah Grieser; Hannah (Caleb) Hochstetler (deceased); Berkeley Beidler, Matthew (Ming Woo) Smucker; Tristan Smucker, Anna Smucker, Willa Beidler, Sophia Smucker, and Andrew Smucker, as well as two great-granddaughters, Ivy and Juniper Grieser.

Donna, an elementary education graduate of Goshen College, was a teacher all of her life and enjoyed teaching children in Sunday school well into her eighties.  In the classroom, the church, at home with four children, or interacting with her grandchildren and great-granddaughters, she enjoyed nurturing, encouraging, and supporting everyone in her many circles of family and friends.  She loved reading, quilting, hosting many guests for meals, and sending cards and letters to keep up with family and church friends' birthdays and milestones.  Being a pastor's wife, Donna made hospitality look easy and was known to bake two pies every Saturday for the inevitable Sunday company.  She lived in many different communities, including East Greenville, OH; Fort Wayne, IN; Goshen, IN; Sturgis, MI; Harleysville, PA; Berlin, OH; and Manson, IA; finally settling back in Goshen in 1988.  Her family will miss her spunk, her infectious laugh, and her creative way of engaging telemarketers.

Visitation will take place on Friday, February 28, at East Goshen Mennonite Church from 2-4 and 6-8 pm.  Burial will take place at Prairie Cemetery on Saturday, March 1, at 9:30 am, followed by a Memorial service at East Goshen Mennonite Church at 11:00 am. East Goshen will live-stream the service via zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3798171524?pwd=eWpFZUR6bDBFOG1zUXROclhERzRmZz09 .

Memorial contributions can be sent to Amigo Centre; https://www.amigocentre.org/ or Mennonite Central Committee; https://mcc.org/ .