Donna Athmann

Donna M. Athmann, age 84 of Sauk Centre, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at the Cura of Sauk Centre Care Center in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Sauk Centre with Rev. Greg Paffel officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre and from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Parish prayers will be held at 4 p.m. Monday evening at the funeral home.

Donna Mae Imdieke was born April 22, 1940 in Melrose, Minnesota to Edward and Pauline (Meyer) Imdieke. Donna graduated from Melrose High School in 1958. She was united in marriage to Vernon “Vern” Athmann on May 21, 1960 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Meire Grove. After graduation, Donna began working at First State Bank in Sauk Centre as a bookkeeper and worked there for 47 years until her retirement in 2005. She was a member of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Sauk Centre where she sang in the choir and served as a trustee for 12 years, and was a member of the Christian Mothers. Donna enjoyed camping, dancing, fishing, and spending time with her family and friends. 

Survivors include her husband, Vern Athmann of Sauk Centre; children, Nona (Rich) Hall of Chaska, Joel (Bonnie) Athmann of St. Cloud, John (Jodi) Athmann of Chaska, and Janel (Brad) Eisenschenk of St. Joseph; ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Rosalie (Herbert) Welle of Melrose, Herbert (Darlene) Imdieke of Meire Grove, Margaret (Butch) Haider of Melrose, Martha Meyer of Meire Grove, Dorothy (John) Funk of New Munich, Ruth (Mark) Hartigan of Sauk Centre, Gary (Vivian) Imdieke of Panama City Beach, Florida, and Thomas (JoAnn) Imdieke of Mounds View.

Donna was preceded in death by her parents; and sister, Mary Jane Christenson.