Donna Haas age 84, died, unexpectedly,  Friday, December 17, 2021.

Private family services will be held at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello with interment in the Oakwood Cemetery.

Surviving are 2 children, Pam Tschantz and Greg(Velvet) Haas, 7 grandchildren, Tracy (Chad) Beitz, Jennifer (Dan) Jacobs, Brian (DezaRae) McElmeel, Tina (Aaron) Kurt, Trevor (Jeni) Haas, Tyson (Amelia) Haas, Brittany (Josh) Ries, 21 great-grandchildren and 2 siblings, Norma White and Dennis Hoover,

she was preceded in death by her parents, her step-father, John Meier and 4 brothers, William, Jim, Frank and Richard Hoover.

Donna Mae Hoover was born August 23, 1937 at Mt. Carroll, IL.   She was the daughter of Aloya and Esther Franks, Hoover.   Donna attended school in Lanark, IL.  She started working at the Green Giant canning factory near Lanark.  That is where she met her future husband, Gerald.  Donna and Gerald Haas were married on December 28, 1954 in Lanark.  The couple moved to Monticello, Iowa in 1963.  Donna worked at Ertl Toy Company as a decaler.  In 1969 she went to work at Polo Plastics in Monticello where she was the Team Leader in the sewing department.  Donna retired in 1989 and worked occasionally at Orbis and Walmart.

After Gerald's death in 2000.  She took over  the caring of their acreage.  She actually loved mowing her lawn.  Donna loved to go for long walks, even to the point of walking all the way into town and back, to pick up her mail.